by sachartermoms | Mar 7, 2013 | Latest News
Do you want to be part of SXSW week, but don’t want to leave your kids out of it? Head to Austin next week for the Family Music Meltdown, two lunchtime showcases on March 14 and 15 at the Tamale House East, 1701 E. 6th St., Austin. Thursday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.:...
by sachartermoms | Mar 6, 2013 | Latest News
Stuff I learned at last night’s information session for BASIS San Antonio: They’ve hired an operations manager. She’s currently in Arizona doing training, and will relocate to San Antonio in late March. They’re doing the paperwork to buy the...
by sachartermoms | Mar 5, 2013 | Latest News
Learn more about high-quality, free public charter schools in San Antonio by attending an information session: March 19, 2013: IDEA Public Schools information session at 5:30 p.m. at IDEA Carver, 217 Robinson Pl., San Antonio, Texas 78202; complete schedule March 21,...
by sachartermoms | Mar 5, 2013 | Latest News
Last week, I wrote about a study that looked at dozens of KIPP middle schools and found the students were packing in months of extra learning each year. Earlier post; “New Report Finds KIPP Middle Schools Produce Significant Achievement Gains”, Mathematica...
by sachartermoms | Mar 4, 2013 | Latest News
UPDATE: This exhibit has now closed. Faithful readers know that my kids and I love dinosaurs. (Remember “Dinosaur Stampede” at the San Antonio Botanical Garden last year?) Well, now the Witte Museum has “Dinosaurs Unearthed: Bigger. Better. Feathered...
by sachartermoms | Mar 3, 2013 | Latest News
Have you heard about PicaPica Plaza? It’s a shopping, eating, and entertainment hub that opened last fall on the South Side. “Pica Pica Plaza is South San Antonio ‘retail entrepreneur’ incubator”, Tricia Lynn Silva, San Antonio Business Journal,...
