by sachartermoms | Jul 28, 2012 | Latest News
Putting great teachers into more classrooms will help students learn better. But do policies like giving bonuses to highly-rated teachers and firing the worst teachers actually work to attract and keep great teachers? In theory, yes, a little. “Labor Market...
by sachartermoms | Jul 27, 2012 | Latest News
The San Antonio Children’s Museum is raising money to build a new campus by 2015 at this location, on the east side of Broadway between Brackenridge Avenue and Humphreys Avenue.
by sachartermoms | Jul 26, 2012 | Latest News
In an editorial this week, the Express-News begs for “effective leaders on local school boards.” “Strong candidates needed on fall ballot”, San Antonio Express-News, July 24, 2012. Who serves on a school board, their credentials and reasons for...
by sachartermoms | Jul 25, 2012 | Latest News
Parents at Desert Trails Elementary in Adelanto, California rounded up enough signatures to activate the “parent trigger”: when parents at a failing school ask that their local campus be handed over to a charter school operator. The school board allowed...
by sachartermoms | Jul 24, 2012 | Latest News
The Milwaukee Plan Commission recently approved Rocketship Education’s application to renovate and expand a building on Milwaukee’s south side into an elementary school to open in 2013. “Milwaukee Rocketship charter school gains first...
by sachartermoms | Jul 23, 2012 | Latest News
A well-researched article in Sunday’s paper discusses the changes in the top job at six local public school districts since last summer. “Superintendent changes sweep local districts”, Francisco Vara-Orta, San Antonio Express-News, July 21, 2012....
