by sachartermoms | May 21, 2012 | Latest News
“Don’t Mess with Textbooks,” March 17, 2010, on The Daily Show: [vodpod id=Video.3261927&w=425&h=350&fv=autoPlay%3Dfalse] In case the embedded video doesn’t work, here is another link.
by sachartermoms | May 21, 2012 | Latest News
As mentioned earlier, it’s election time. Due to census-driven redistricting, all members of the State Board of Education are up for reelection, including districts 3 and 5 in the San Antonio area. The Express-News recently analyzed the election, asking what...
by sachartermoms | May 20, 2012 | Latest News
These Texas charter schools ranked in the 2012 US News list of America’s best high schools: Westlake Academy (Westlake) (#5 Texas, #37 national) YES Prep North Central (Houston) (#8 Texas, #56 national) Peak Preparatory (Dallas) (#9 Texas, #66 national) IDEA...
by sachartermoms | May 17, 2012 | Latest News
High-performing charter schools get amazing results, even for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. They claim they are able to get better results for the roughly the same amount of money per student than district schools. Do these schools succeed because they have...
by sachartermoms | May 16, 2012 | Latest News
From The Twig’s events page: “Uber-popular, award-winning Austin musician Joe McDermott returns to The Twig Book Shop!”: Free concert by Joe McDermott at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 19 in the Studio (across from the bookstore in the Full Goods...
