“BASIS Tucson North, a nonselective high school serving an economically modest middle-class student population in Arizona, outperformed the average of every country in the world in reading, math, and science,” the report said. . . . So what’s the secret of the...
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BASIS San Antonio information meetings on Tuesday, April 9 and Sunday, April 14
BASIS San Antonio has two new information sessions scheduled: Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, April 14, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. Both meetings will be at the La Quinta, 4431 Horizon Hill Blvd., San Antonio, TX 78229, in the Medical Center area. Are you ready to...
Blogger party with IDEA Public Schools at Kiddie Park PicaPica
Yesterday morning, my blogger friends and I learned more about Choose to Succeed and IDEA Public Schools while our kids played at Kiddie Park PicaPica (earlier post) at a party sponsored...
Kiddie Park PicaPica: New. South side. Indoors.
Did you see my earlier post about the IDEA South Flores recruitment booth at PicaPica Plaza? While I was there, I took my daughter to Kiddie Park PicaPica, a classic amusement park and party place. It's...
Senator Donna Campbell opens her San Antonio district office
Surrounded by family and friends, Dr. Donna Campbell greeted supporters at the opening of her district office in San Antonio yesterday morning. (She opened her New Braunfels office, a first for District...
High-performing charter schools in San Antonio: information sessions, demonstration lessons, and more
Learn more about high-quality, free public charter schools in San Antonio by attending an information session or a demonstration lesson. Also, there are some application deadlines and lottery dates coming up soon. April 4-10, 2013: BASIS San Antonio registration April...
BASIS San Antonio demonstration lessons at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, April 13
BASIS San Antonio is in the process of hiring teachers (jobs page) and will be holding its second set of demonstration lessons from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 13 at Oxford United Methodist Church, 9655 Huebner Road, San Antonio, TX 78240 (map). The...
Big Mama, author of “Sparkly Green Earrings,” talks about schools
Have you read Sparkly Green Earrings, a motherhood memoir by Melanie Shankle, author of The Big Mama Blog? Highly recommended. I was lucky enough to hang out with Melanie at a book club meeting recently. (Gulley couldn't make it—stomach bug.) While munching on fruit...
School board elections 2013: San Antonio ISD District 4
This earlier post has a summary of this year's races for the San Antonio ISD Board of Trustees. District 4, an area south of downtown, including Burbank High School (known for its Agricultural Science magnet program), has the most divided race. "Four vie for District...
BASIS San Antonio information meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, April 1
BASIS San Antonio—which recently announced its location at Floyd Curl Drive and Hamilton Wolfe Road—is holding an information session on Monday, April 1, 2013 from 6:30 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. in Ballroom A at the La Quinta, 4431 Horizon Hill Blvd., San Antonio, TX 78229,...
High-performing charter schools in San Antonio: information sessions, registration, and more
Learn more about high-quality, free public charter schools in San Antonio by attending an information session or a demonstration lesson. Also, there are some application deadlines and lottery dates coming up soon. April 1, 2013: BASIS San Antonio information session...
Charter school bill, SB2, moves from Education Committee to Texas Senate
I've been following the progress of 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 post is about Senator Dan Patrick's visit to IDEA Carver last...