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At the informational meeting back in January, Peter Bezanson played several videos about Great Hearts Academies. Here's one, "The Wisdom of the Ages": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Vy1wffWeD4 Learn more: Great Hearts Academies Arizona Great Hearts Academies Texas
At the informational meeting back in January, Peter Bezanson played several videos about Great Hearts Academies. Here's one, "An Educational Revolution": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FeNykOA4Cg Learn more: Great Hearts Academies Arizona Great Hearts Academies...
A hearing in the Texas house discussed oversight of charter schools: "Texas House committee evaluates charter schools," San Antonio Express-News, February 17, 2012.
Dr. Michael Soto represented District 3 as a Democrat on the Texas State Board of Education, which includes central and southern Bexar County (San Antonio); Medina, Atascosa, and Wilson counties; and south to Hidalgo county. However, he lost the May 29 primary to...
KIPP: San Antonio is a public charter school system (part of the national KIPP charter school network) consisting of one high school and two middle schools, with plans to open two elementary schools. KIPP in the news: "KIPP offers a model for public schools", a column...
IDEA Public Schools is a high-performing charter school system based in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas. IDEA is coming to San Antonio in August 2012 with IDEA Carver (formerly the Carver Academy). See "Charter school group coming" in the San Antonio Express-News,...
San Antonio Preparatory Schools, known as SA Prep, is a charter school on the Eastside of San Antonio that provides a college preparatory education through high-quality instruction and rigorous curriculum inside a supportive learning environment. Currently, SA Prep is...
Monte Vista is one of San Antonio's great historic neighborhoods. The Monte Vista Historical Association is the glue that keeps the neighborhood together. The book San Antonio's Monte Vista: Architecture and Society in a Gilded Age by Donald E. Everett discusses the...
Mayor Julián Castro gave a "State of the City" address on March 23, 2012, as covered by the San Antonio Express-News in "Mayor calls for investing in education." Castro proposed a 1/8 cent tax increase (on the November 6 ballot) that would raise about $24 million per...
A recent New York Times article, "Found to Have Misbehaved With Pupils, but Still Teaching", gives examples of teachers who did wildly inappropriate things in the classroom, but because of arbitration procedures, "14 of those 16 teachers are still teaching and in...
An upcoming event that Charter Moms might find interesting: We had a good time last year. There is a LOT more to do than just see the furry PBS character. Here's my son, Nicholas, scoping out the scene: Enjoy!
If you hear me use the phrase "rubber room," I'm referring to this New Yorker article, an oldie but goodie (August 31, 2009) about teachers being paid not to teach: More than that, publicly educated children will continue to live in an alternate universe of...