by sachartermoms | Feb 24, 2013 | Latest News
The Ewing Halsell Foundation is making a major grant to KIPP: San Antonio to fund expansion. “KIPP San Antonio snags $5 million gift”, Lindsay Kastner, San Antonio Express-News, February 23, 2013. KIPP: San Antonio currently has four campuses: KIPP...
by sachartermoms | Feb 23, 2013 | Latest News
Imagine: an inner city public school with a waiting list of anxious parents who live outside the school’s geographic boundaries, but want their young child to start school here. Bonham Academy is an in-district charter in the San Antonio Independent School District,...
by sachartermoms | Feb 23, 2013 | Latest News
A reminder—BASIS San Antonio is hosting an information session today from 12:15 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. in Ballroom A at the La Quinta, 4431 Horizon Hill Blvd., San Antonio, TX 78229, with Q&A to follow. If you’re going, please take this quick survey to say how...
by sachartermoms | Feb 22, 2013 | Latest News
Carpe Diem Learning Systems, nationally known for its blended learning model, is applying for a Texas charter this year and is looking at San Antonio for Fall 2014. Maybe you’ve read about Carpe Diem’s success in Yuma, Arizona. “Education Nation: In...
by sachartermoms | Feb 21, 2013 | Latest News
At the Rocketship Education information session yesterday, we watched a new video about Rocketship’s learning model and expansion plans. My five-year-old son is learning to read and couldn’t resist saying all the headings out loud. After we got home, had...
by sachartermoms | Feb 19, 2013 | Latest News
On Saturday, I attended the first information session for Redbud Montessori For All a proposed charter school that would be based on authentic Montessori principles. The school opening is still a few years away, but if you have kids age four or younger, I encourage...