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”,...
by sachartermoms | Nov 9, 2012 | Latest News
At a Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce meeting last month, four area superintendents talked about education budget cuts, standardized testing, and school choice. Sylvester Perez, interim superintendent of SAISD, which has seen increasing competition for students...
by sachartermoms | Nov 8, 2012 | Latest News
A friend of mine is excited about BASIS coming to San Antonio because it offers an accelerated curriculum. Her son is in fourth grade and he’s already bored. How can she tell? Just look at the T-shirts he picks out. One day, he said to her, “Mom, school is...
by sachartermoms | Nov 8, 2012 | Latest News
An earlier post discussed the launch of SA Ready, a program to provide materials to improve college and career readiness of high school graduates. A recent editorial in the Express-News sharpens the argument: It is estimated that on average only 83 out of every 100...
