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As mentioned earlier, IDEA Public Schools is building a new campus in San Antonio: IDEA South Flores. The campus is under construction and will be ready for students in August. The mailing address for IDEA South Flores will be 6919 S. Flores St., San Antonio, TX...
Inspired by our earlier visit to celebrate the launch of the Arte Kids book series, my three-year-old daughter and I returned to the San Antonio Museum of Art yesterday for a longer tour. My first visit to SAMA...
Last fall, as mentioned in this earlier post, IDEA Public Schools started making plans about how to spend their Race to the Top grant money. They recently shared more details: Among the pilot programs, new adaptive reading software for elementary schools that adjusts...
Good news! BASIS San Antonio now has a Facebook page. Please "like" and "share" and all that. The best way to stay up to date, though, is to sign up for the interest list.
Today's opinion page of the Austin American-Statesman features a pro and con about school choice: "Give students and their parents education choices", Matt Mackowiak, Austin American-Statesman, January 14, 2013, and "Wall Street gang now offer education choices",...
On December 7, I sat in on Texas Tribune's Hot Seat event at Trinity University, featuring state Rep. Mike Villarreal (D-San Antonio) and state Sen. Dr. Donna Campbell (R-New Braunfels). The first half of the video is a conversation about public education issues in...
The next BASIS San Antonio information session will be on Saturday, January 19, 2013 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Plaza Lecea, 5441 Babcock Rd., San Antonio, TX 78240. Q&A to follow; children are welcome to attend; no RSVP required. Mary Riner, who was...
Last Saturday, the District of Columbia Public Charter School Board held the DC Charter School Expo. For many moms and dads staring down aisle upon aisle of booths — each representing a different school with a different curriculum, a different teaching philosophy, a...
The latest message from the BASIS San Antonio interest list included a list of FAQs: What is BASIS Schools' Mission? BASIS Schools seeks to raise academic expectations to internationally competitive levels for all students. By offering an academically excellent and...
Comments by Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education, at the release of an NAACP report last month: "One of the countries out-educating us by every measure is South Korea," Duncan said, explaining that when President Barack Obama meets the President of South Korea, Obama...
Express-News columnist Gilbert Garcia shares speculation about why Marisa Perez ran for State Board of Education: The payback theory goes like this: [Leticia] Cantu-Cortez, the wife of newly elected state Rep. Phil Cortez, was bitter about her surprising 2011 District...
Learn more about KIPP: San Antonio at the next First Friday Breakfast; it's at KIPP Aspire Academy from 7:45 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. on January 11, 2013. You will hear from KIPP leaders and teachers and the students will lead you on a tour of their campus. And don't forget...