by sachartermoms | Aug 26, 2012 | Latest News
Yesterday, my kids and I had a nice picnic at the Pearl and caught part of Michael Brick’s reading of “Saving the School” at The Twig.
by sachartermoms | Aug 25, 2012 | Latest News
Great Hearts Academies has scheduled two informational open houses for families to learn more about the Great Hearts mission and possible plans to expand to San Antonio. The first meeting will be Monday, September 17, 2012 from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m....
by sachartermoms | Aug 24, 2012 | Latest News
“Charter schools actually bring in a more advantaged set of students than other schools,” said researcher Ed Fuller, an associate professor at Pennsylvania State University. “It explains why some of them do have higher levels of achievement, because...
by sachartermoms | Aug 24, 2012 | Latest News
Go here for a live broadcast from today’s hearing on school choice at the Senate Committee on Education. Invited testimony from: IDEA Public Schools ResponsiveEd KIPP National Alliance for Public Charter Schools Members of the public will speak, too, including a...
by sachartermoms | Aug 22, 2012 | Latest News
State Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, the outspoken voice of the far right in the Senate, said he will be pushing vouchers that parents of school-age children could use for charter schools, online offerings or additional alternatives to the public schools. “To me,...
