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There's not much to see yet, but here is the future site of IDEA South Flores at 6919 S. Flores St., San Antonio, TX 78221 (map)—opening this fall with grades K, 1, 2 and 6. (Earlier posts here and here.) Apply online, at an information session at IDEA Carver, or in...

Do you want to be part of SXSW week, but don't want to leave your kids out of it? Head to Austin next week for the Family Music Meltdown, two lunchtime showcases on March 14 and 15 at the Tamale House East, 1701 E. 6th St., Austin. Thursday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Joe...

Stuff I learned at last night's information session for BASIS San Antonio: They've hired an operations manager. She's currently in Arizona doing training, and will relocate to San Antonio in late March. They're doing the paperwork to buy the real estate for the campus...

Learn more about high-quality, free public charter schools in San Antonio by attending an information session: March 19, 2013: IDEA Public Schools information session at 5:30 p.m. at IDEA Carver, 217 Robinson Pl., San Antonio, Texas 78202; complete schedule March 21,...

Last week, I wrote about a study that looked at dozens of KIPP middle schools and found the students were packing in months of extra learning each year. Earlier post; "New Report Finds KIPP Middle Schools Produce Significant Achievement Gains", Mathematica Policy...

Have you heard about PicaPica Plaza? It's a shopping, eating, and entertainment hub that opened last fall on the South Side. "Pica Pica Plaza is South San Antonio ‘retail entrepreneur’ incubator", Tricia Lynn Silva, San Antonio Business Journal, November 30, 2012....

One of the differences about open enrollment public charter schools: no school board elections. For a roundup of school board races in the San Antonio area, see "School board races outlined", Maria Luisa Cesar, Francisco Vara-Orta & Lindsay Kastner, San Antonio...

BASIS founders Michael and Olga Block will be the special guests at the next BASIS San Antonio information session, 6:30 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. at the La Quinta, 4431 Horizon Hill Blvd., San Antonio, TX 78229, with Q&A to follow. Before you go, please take this quick...

Researchers found that after three to four years in a KIPP school, students' academic growth equaled an extra eight to 14 months of learning, depending on the subject area. This was despite the fact that students tend to enter KIPP schools with math and reading...

Do you have strong feeling about school choice? Consider attending Thursday's town hall meeting. "UTSA and S.A. Express-News to host series of town hall discussions", Tim Brownlee, UTSA Today news release, February 25, 2013. The town hall meeting about school choice...

Good news for future Charter Moms and Charter Dads: there's a bill in the Texas Senate right now, SB2, that would lift the arbitrary cap on the number of charters in Texas, would provide some funding for charter school facilities, and includes a whole package of best...