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Choose to Succeed is giving away a one-year family membership to the San Antonio Zoo. Visit their Facebook page and click on the "Giveaway" tab to enter.

Great Hearts Texas has now has an official Facebook page. Please visit, "like", and share. The interest list has been quiet for the past few months, but I heard that this summer we'll get some email updates about information sessions and the location of the first San...

The next BASIS San Antonio information session will be at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at the La Quinta, 4431 Horizon Hill Blvd., San Antonio, TX 78229, in the Medical Center area. See pictures from the last information session at this earlier post....

Have you been thinking about homeschooling as an alternative to public school education? Are you on the fence, but want to learn more? Pamela Price, author of a forthcoming book about how to work and homeschool, and blogger at Red, White & Grew, is offering an...

UPDATE: SB2, the charter school bill, includes a provision for studying Bexar County school district consolidation. "Consolidation bill will force key debate", San Antonio Express-News, June 15, 2013 (at mysanantonio.com). As mentioned earlier, state Rep. Roland...

Good governance, and doing what's right for the students, is a challenge for every school board, whether elected (as at traditional school districts) or appointed (as at charter schools in Texas). But it's disturbing to read about the level of turmoil going on now...

At the time of my previous post, the charter school bill (SB2) was in the hands of the conference committee to work out a combined version. The conference version raises the charter cap over time and changes the processes for authorizing and closing charters, among...

I mentioned earlier that the charter school bill—SB2—is in the hands of a conference committee. Reports from Austin say that both SB2 and HB5, a bill to modify standardized testing requirements, are both being negotiated among members of the House, Senate, and...

After a high-profile search for an outside candidate (e.g., earlier post), San Antonio ISD has offered a permanent job to interim superintendent Sylvester Perez. Coverage: "SAISD board taps interim superintendent Perez", Maria Luisa Cesar, San Antonio Express-News,...

UPDATE: There's a flash flood warning in effect for San Antonio this morning. We are not planning to attend the Landa Gardens event after all. Stay safe, friends! The Landa Gardens Conservancy is hosting a free family event with children's storyteller Miss Anastasia...

As discussed in this earlier post, the charter school bill—SB2—passed the Texas House of Representatives last week. The House version is different from the Senate version, so now the bill will go to a conference committee to work out a compromise within a matter of...