by sachartermoms | Aug 9, 2012 | Latest News
The Highland Park School District in Michigan has hired Leona Group to manage all of its schools. “Michigan City Outsources All of Its Schools”, Stephanie Banchero & Matthew Dolan, Wall Street Journal, August 3, 2012. The Detroit-area city has recently...
by sachartermoms | Aug 9, 2012 | Latest News
“There was a time when reading wasn’t just for fags. And neither was writing.” — Idiocracy (2006) Evidence of learning differences between boys and girls has sparked a movement for single-sex schools: for example, the National Association for Single...
by sachartermoms | Aug 8, 2012 | Latest News
Of all the “Generation 17” charter school applications received by the Texas Education Agency, only these are still “Under Review”: ACE (A Choice for Excellence) Charter School. Sponsored by Palm Tree Academy, a private school at the Islamic...
by sachartermoms | Aug 7, 2012 | Latest News
Street view of Travis Early College High School, a specialized school in the San Antonio Independent School District. It’s located on Main Avenue near the Monte Vista and Tobin Hill neighborhoods; it’s also very close to the campus of San Antonio...
by sachartermoms | Aug 5, 2012 | Latest News
Charter schools are mentioned briefly in San Antonio Magazine’s 2012 Education Guide: According to the National Education Association, charter schools are publicly funded elementary or secondary schools that have been freed from some of the rules, regulations...
by sachartermoms | Aug 5, 2012 | Latest News
In this week’s ad from our local H-E-B grocery store: Buy cookies and get a free children’s book. This is part of H-E-B’s Read3 program, which I wrote about earlier. Kudos to H-E-B for following through on the promises it made during Read3’s...
