David’s Legacy Foundation is leading the effort to prevent cyberbullying through education, legal action, and legislation. During this school year, cyberbullying is a greater danger than ever: many students are still participating in distance learning, and children and teens are… Continue Reading
Compass Rose Public Schools has stayed focused on its mission, even while growing and facing the challenges of educating students safely during the COVID-19 pandemic. They are leading by example with their innovative approaches to planning, curriculum, and communication. Over… Continue Reading
Great Hearts Online is a new, full-time, online school that will begin during the current school year for hundreds of students across Texas—not just the communities that already have a brick-and-mortar Great Hearts campus. We have questions, and we’re sure… Continue Reading
In a school year like no other, classes are back in session and campuses are starting to reopen. The San Antonio Charter Moms team has gone from thinking through contingency plans to researching COVID resources and school calendars. Now we… Continue Reading
The Big Give San Antonio is an annual event to raise public awareness of the value of supporting local nonprofits. It also prompts nonprofit organizations to communicate with their constituents and share news about how they are making a difference… Continue Reading
On August 12, Boerne ISD was the first public school district in the San Antonio area to welcome students on campus for face-to-face classes. Now that the district is offering its fourth week of in-person instruction, we can see how… Continue Reading
Over the summer, our team thought through contingency plans and researched COVID resources and school calendars to get a sense of what the 2020–2021 school year would be like. Now that school is back in session and campuses are starting… Continue Reading
Families on the Southside of San Antonio, a historically under-resourced area, may soon have the opportunity to choose to enroll their children in Royal Public Schools, a proposed K–12 charter school network. The school model, dubbed STREAMS-360, proposes to lift… Continue Reading
Like most things, launching Families Empowered wasn’t on the list of my “life goals,” and running a not-for-profit organization wasn’t something I dreamed of doing when I graduated college. It was just a response to a real problem. My school… Continue Reading
At the beginning of the summer, our team spent some time thinking through contingency plans and what back to school would look like for the 2020–2021 school year. Now that it’s the end of the summer, schools are sharing their… Continue Reading
