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The second season of "Treme", a dramatic HBO series set in post-Katrina New Orleans, came out on disc earlier this year. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9avMhbn0og Among other story lines, season two touches on the rise of charter schools after the hurricane. The...
To follow up on a earlier post about "Saving the School" by Michael Brick: "Michael Brick: The TT Interview", Zoë Gioja, Texas Tribune, August 7, 2012. Reading and signing at The Twig Book Shop, noon on Saturday, August 25.
As mentioned earlier, the Great Hearts Academies charter application is currently "under review" at the Texas Education Agency. In a recent email to supporters, Great Hearts announced that the State Board of Education has granted it an interview in November. Also,...
The Highland Park School District in Michigan has hired Leona Group to manage all of its schools. "Michigan City Outsources All of Its Schools", Stephanie Banchero & Matthew Dolan, Wall Street Journal, August 3, 2012. The Detroit-area city has recently suffered a...
"There was a time when reading wasn't just for fags. And neither was writing." — Idiocracy (2006) Evidence of learning differences between boys and girls has sparked a movement for single-sex schools: for example, the National Association for Single Sex Public...
Of all the "Generation 17" charter school applications received by the Texas Education Agency, only these are still "Under Review": ACE (A Choice for Excellence) Charter School. Sponsored by Palm Tree Academy, a private school at the Islamic Center of El Paso BASIS...
Street view of Travis Early College High School, a specialized school in the San Antonio Independent School District. It's located on Main Avenue near the Monte Vista and Tobin Hill neighborhoods; it's also very close to the campus of San Antonio College. More data...
Charter schools are mentioned briefly in San Antonio Magazine's 2012 Education Guide: According to the National Education Association, charter schools are publicly funded elementary or secondary schools that have been freed from some of the rules, regulations and...
In this week's ad from our local H-E-B grocery store: Buy cookies and get a free children's book. This is part of H-E-B's Read3 program, which I wrote about earlier. Kudos to H-E-B for following through on the promises it made during Read3's big debut last fall.
Views of the front entrance of Mirabeau B. Lamar Elemntary School, a Pk-5 school in the San Antonio Independent School District. It's located on Parland Place in the Mahncke Park neighborhood. More data at the Texas Tribune Public Schools...
An opinion piece by Joel Klein praises the recent test results from Success Academies in New York City. Joel Klein, "New York's Charter Schools Get an A+", Joel Klein, Wall Street Journal, July 26, 2012. Klein argues that it's time to stop blaming poverty for the...
Arguments in favor of charter schools in affluent parts of town, too. "Suburbs and charter schools: More room for innovation", Maureen Downey, Get Schooled blog (Atlanta Journal-Constitution), July 23, 2012 (commenting on a blog by Michael J. Petrilli). How else to...