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If you've been following the charter application process for Great Hearts and BASIS (granted last week—hooray!), especially if you rode the bus to Austin, then you may have become sort of familiar with some of names and faces on the State Board of Education. For...
New events: BASIS Parents' Meeting, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, November 29 KIPP First Friday Breakfast, 7:45 a.m. Friday, December 7 New pages: FAQ & Jobs
BASIS San Antonio is holding an information meeting for parents next week, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, November 29, north of downtown. To RSVP and get the location, contact mail [at] sachartermoms.com.
The new SA Charter Moms FAQ has answers to some of common questions about new campuses, application periods, etc. at BASIS, Great Hearts, KIPP, and IDEA.
Bonham Academy is a school in a quickly developing, revitalized, dense urban area. Urban schools are not like other schools that often find cookie-cutter solutions workable. This bond project has become a real test of the capability of SAISD to grow as an...
KIPP Un Mundo is a dual-language elementary school and is part of the KIPP: San Antonio group of open enrollment public charter schools.
I hope you will join me at the next First Friday Breakfast at KIPP Un Mundo at 7:45 a.m. on December 7. We will hear from KIPP: San Antonio leaders and teachers, tour the campus, and (of course) eat breakfast tacos. KIPP Un Mundo is a dual-language elementary school...
Great Hearts Academies is a high-performing public charter school system based in Arizona. Its schools serve grades K-12 with a great books curriculum and an emphasis on character education. Great Hearts Texas received a Texas charter in 2012 and plans to open as...
Leaders of both organizations [BASIS and Great Hearts] said they will begin searching for faculty and campus locations immediately. “Tomorrow we start that process,” said Great Hearts Texas President Peter Bezanson. "Charter schools advance", Lindsay Kastner, San...
The State Board of Education granted these Generation 17 charter applications today: BASIS (San Antonio) Pro-Vision Academy (Houston) C.O.R.E. Academy (Houston) Village Tech Schools (Duncanville/Dallas) International Leadership of Texas (Dallas) Great Hearts...
After two days of committee meetings, the full State Board of Education meets today to take care of business—including the remaining "Generation 17" charter school applications. These nine applicants made it out of the Committee on School Initiatives on Wednesday:...
I posted earlier about IDEA Public Schools' announcement of a location for a new campus on the South Side. (UPDATE: IDEA South Flores) Here are some links to more coverage of that story: "College readiness mission of 20 new charter schools", Mark D. Wilson, Southside...