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The campus at Anne Frank Inspire Academy (earlier post) is under construction, including a treehouse classroom designed and built by Pete Nelson of "Treehouse Masters", a show on Animal Planet. Slideshow at "Tree-hugging learners welcome", San Antonio Express-News,...
A BASIS Boosters group is now forming in San Antonio. As mentioned in this earlier post, every BASIS campus has a parent group—the BASIS Boosters—dedicated to building community and providing extra support for the students and teachers. Sign up for the mailing...
Peter Bezanson, President of Great Hearts Texas, recently sent out an email newsletter including information about potential locations in San Antonio:For our 2014-15 opening, we are in the process of negotiating a long-term lease for a facility that is in/near the...
My goals for this blog are to educate parents about their education options and develop a group of parent-advocates to improve education in San Antonio. Leadership SAISD has a parallel mission; it's an independent nonprofit organization that is working to cultivate...
Over the weekend, my kids and I got an early peek at a new exhibit, "Savage Gardens: The Real and Imaginary World of Carnivorous Plants", opening soon at the San Antonio...
A few weeks ago, the board of trustees of San Antonio ISD voted to name interim superintendent Sylvester Perez as the lone finalist (earlier post); last night, the board voted unanimously to give Perez a permanent contract. "Perez given permanent position leading...
The Banker (at Bankers Anonymous), a San Antonio ISD parent, recently blogged about SAISD Board President Ed Garza's real estate deals. "A Review of SAISD President Ed Garza’s Real Estate Deals", Bankers Anonymous, June 6, 2013; my earlier post. After the blog post...
Eleanor Kolitz Hebrew Language Academy will be the first Hebrew language charter school in Texas when it opens in San Antonio in August 2013. (Learn about others in the U.S. in this earlier post.) The charter school will take over the space at the Harry and Jeannette...
They do things a little differently at Great Hearts Academies—for example, prom with a live band and ballroom dancing, as described in this earlier post—but it seems to work: Joel Malkin, a graduate of Veritas Preparatory Academy in Phoenix, Arizona, just graduated as...
This afternoon, 30 students from IDEA Carver each received a $50 gift card from Academy Sports + Outdoors to go shopping with David Robinson for San Antonio Spurs gear. The Spurs and the Miami...
"College for All Children" is the IDEA Public Schools motto. In May 2013, at College Signing Day, seniors from six IDEA high schools in the Rio Grande Valley...
IDEA Public Schools is looking for a Director of Communications. It's a great story to tell: a growing network of high-performing charter schools helping students and families fulfill their dreams of getting ready for college. Job description for Director of...