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It's a KIPP: San Antonio tradition to hold a First Friday Breakfast at a different campus every month. Last month it was at KIPP Aspire Academy (more details in this earlier post); this month it will be at KIPP Camino Academy, 128 S. Audubon Dr., San Antonio, Texas...
On Friday morning, the crowd cheered when IDEA Public Schools founder and CEO Tom Torkelson cut the ribbon at IDEA South Flores, the newest campus in the charter school network. He was joined on stage by students in...
As mentioned in this earlier post, Great Hearts Texas is negotiating with Temple Beth-El, located at 211 Belknap Place in Monte Vista, for a 5-year lease to house the charter school's first campus in San Antonio. The temple board will vote on the lease agreement at an...
As mentioned in this earlier post, Education Commissioner Michael Williams has approved a charter application from Carpe Diem Schools–San Antonio (application). Under the new process created by SB2, the State Board of Education could exercise a veto at its November...
The Texas Education Agency has posted the list of schools granted charters this year by Education Commissioner Michael Williams. "Commissioner Williams sends charter school decisions to SBOE ", Texas Education Agency news release, September 27, 2013. These applicants...
The BASIS San Antonio dedication ceremony on September 25, 2013 welcomed guests and dignitaries with a performance by the 7th & 8th grade strings. Tiffany O'Neill, BASIS San Antonio Head of School, celebrated the...
Last year, this earlier post discussed the launch of Diplomás, a project to raise college completion rates by Latinos, funded in part by a grant from the Lumina Foundation. One year later, the participants met at Café College to discuss goals and evaluate...
BiblioTech is the new Bexar County digital library. My kids and I gave it a try last week, and we recommend that you have a look, too. Here are our suggestions about how to use it. First, I went online to start the...
IDEA Public Schools has announced the schedule for the September 27, 2013 ribbon cutting ceremony for IDEA South Flores. 9:00 a.m. Welcome from IDEA South Flores students, IDEA South Flores Academy Principal Angie Arismendi, and IDEA South Flores College...
UPDATE: This giveaway has closed. Reading is the key to unlocking so much knowledge over a lifetime. That is why my kids and I spend so much time reading: me reading out loud to them, or them reading out loud to me, or looking for words to read in our environment. We...
Note: In honor of Constitution Day, September 17, I am re-sharing this earlier post from February 4, 2013. Also: Observe Constitution Day with the San Antonio Public Library Foundation's Great Books seminar, "A Conversation with the Constitution," at 6 p.m. tonight at...
Michael Williams, Commissioner of Education, will announce the results of Generation 18 charter applications on September 27, 2013, according to this news release. The State Board of Education interviewed the charter applicants on September 11 and 12, as discussed in...