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Emma is 10 years old and will be attending 6th grade at BASIS San Antonio this fall. I invited her to write a guest blog post about BASIS. She wrote two letters, one for parents and one for kids. Dear Parents of great kids, What do you think of when you hear the words...
The Texas House of Representatives is expected to vote on SB2, the charter school bill, this week—probably Wednesday. (Here's an earlier post about SB2 making it out of the House Committee on Public Education.) This bill is important because, among other things, it...
The May 11 school board elections added two new faces to the San Antonio ISD Board of Trustees. District 1: Steve Lecholop (campaign website) replaces trustee Rubén Cuero, who did not seek re-election. District 3: Incumbent Debra Guerrero (Facebook) will return. Her...
Early voting totals for contested school board races in Bexar County: Harlandale ISD Place 1: Juan Mancha (166) has a small lead over Joshua J. Cerna (142) Place 3: Erma V. Casarez (236) is leading over Esequiel "Zeke" Mendoza (52) and Susie Estrada Peralta (40)...
A child's future should not be hindered or dictated by economic status, place of residence or personal aspiration that does not conform with a one-size-fits-all curriculum and poor performing schools that never seem to change. Every parent and student should have the...
The Landa Gardens Conservancy is hosting a free performance by the Magik Theatre of Dr. Seuss's "The Cat in the Hat" at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 11 on the grounds of the Landa Library in Monte Vista. Read a review of the show: "Magik opens 2013 with 'The Cat in the...
My other post this morning is about committee votes and other details as SB2, the charter school bill, moves through the legislative process. Bottom line, though, for Charter Moms and Charter Dads is raising the cap on the number of charter schools that can be...
There's less than a month left in the current legislative session, and it's time to check in on SB2, a bill that would make big changes to charter school laws in Texas, including raising the charter cap. This post is about the bill's introduction in February, this...
Very timely advice today, on the last day of early voting: Voters eligible to vote in these low-profile but high-stakes school board races need to take the time to cast a ballot. This is important. The decisions made by school board members affect the entire...
The next BASIS San Antonio information session will be at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at the La Quinta, 4431 Horizon Hill Blvd., San Antonio, TX 78229, in the Medical Center area. The campus at the corner of Floyd Curl Drive and Hamilton Wolfe Road is under...
I recently toured Premier High School of San Antonio, a place that recaptures disengaged students and brings them back into the educational system. Premier is located in a low-rise business complex near the airport. Inside the glass doors, it was quiet, like a...
This is Ramiro Mojarro. He's the president of the Clubs de Zacatecas de San Antonio and an education reform advocate. He wrote a recent op-ed in La Prensa that I proudly co-signed. "The Need for Parent Trigger: 6 Years of Failing Schools is Unacceptable", Ramiro...