Great Hearts: Test scores chart and student map

As mentioned earlier, a comment challenged whether Great Hearts Academies were actually high-performing schools, asserting that its most successful campuses are in wealthier neighborhoods. This data might help clear things up. The first graphic, a chart, shows test...

Great Hearts: Looking at the facts

In one week, Great Hearts Academies will hold informational meetings for San Antonio parents. A comment on that announcement challenged me to look closer at the data about Great Hearts’ performance. The comment asserted that in some parts of Phoenix (“way...

Donna Campbell on school choice

Dr. Donna Campbell is the Republican nominee (and likely winner in November) for Texas Senate District 25, which includes San Antonio’s North Side. She campaigned on school choice. She recently sat down with the Texas Tribune for a video interview. “Donna...