by sachartermoms | Dec 6, 2012 | Latest News
Education Commissioner Michael Williams spoke at the Texas Charter Schools Association Conference this week. “Texas education commissioner urges charter schools to tout work to legislators”, Kelley Shannon, Dallas Morning News, December 4, 2012. Williams...
by sachartermoms | Dec 4, 2012 | Latest News
John and Vera Taboada are hosting a BASIS parents’ meeting at 10 a.m. Thursday, December 6, 2012 at their Elm Creek home—12419 Winding Branch, San Antonio, Texas 78230. Please join us, and be sure to sign up for the BASIS interest list at basislink.org....
by sachartermoms | Dec 3, 2012 | Latest News
As mentioned earlier, this summer the U.S. Department of Education expanded the Race to the Top grant program to accept applications not just from states (Texas declined to apply) but also from districts. Two charter management organizations with campuses in San...
by sachartermoms | Nov 30, 2012 | Latest News
There are many successful charter schools operating across the country, but relatively few charter networks that are expanding in their region, let alone jumping across the country to open campuses in a different state. San Antonio is fortunate to have the Choose to...
by sachartermoms | Nov 28, 2012 | Latest News
On November 12, the San Antonio ISD board of trustees approved its 2013 Legislative Priorities, including: SAISD opposes legislation that would . . . [r]emove the statutory cap on the number of charter schools authorized. By contrast, the State Board of Education...
