Read 3: Children’s literacy at H-E-B

My kids and I went grocery shopping at H-E-B last week, as usual. While we were there, I also saw evidence of the grocery chain’s efforts to improve children’s literacy. H-E-B’s Read 3 program uses the store’s marketing power to spread the...

School expansion versus historic neighborhoods

Healthy local schools are important for the life of historic neighborhoods, but that interest needs to be balanced against the goals of preserving significant buildings and keeping them in residential use. The San Antonio Historic and Design Review Commission recently...

Charter schools and diversity

Rhode Island Mayoral Academies is a network of high performing charter schools in Rhode Island. They are expanding. “Board of Regents Approves Achievement First Mayoral Academy”, GoLocalProv.com, February 2, 2012. Journalist Dana Goldstein noticed that...