by sachartermoms | Nov 12, 2012 | Latest News
When a mother needs something for her child, no one should ever say, “Just wait.” Likewise, no one should judge a mother too harshly for the things she does for her children. “Wave of New Charter Schools Enhance Inner City Living for Families”, Inga...
by sachartermoms | Nov 12, 2012 | Latest News
The wait is almost over: by the end of the week, the State Board of Education will decide on the charter applications from Great Hearts and BASIS. On November 14, the State Board of Education’s Committee on School Initiatives will meet and decide which...
by sachartermoms | Nov 12, 2012 | Latest News
Washington Post columnist Esther J. Cepeda recently went to parent-teacher conferences and brought home the standardized testing results. I laid the papers out on the kitchen table: Lengthy, detailed progress reports showing the grade and weight of each quiz and test...
by sachartermoms | Nov 11, 2012 | Latest News
As mentioned in an earlier post, Paul Tough’s recent book, “How Children Succeed”, talks about how we can help our kids to grow not by stuffing their heads with knowledge but by letting them fail and learn how to deal with it. Tough visited San...
by sachartermoms | Nov 10, 2012 | Latest News
Parents are objecting to the construction of a new two-story building at Bonham Academy, an in-district charter in the King William historic district, because it would break up the remaining playground space. “Bonham parents upset with playground plan”,...
