Bonham Academy is a school in a quickly developing, revitalized, dense urban area. Urban schools are not like other schools that often find cookie-cutter solutions workable. This bond project has become a real test of the capability of SAISD to… Continue Reading
KIPP Un Mundo is a dual-language elementary school and is part of the KIPP: San Antonio group of open enrollment public charter schools.
I hope you will join me at the next First Friday Breakfast at KIPP Un Mundo at 7:45 a.m. on December 7. We will hear from KIPP: San Antonio leaders and teachers, tour the campus, and (of course) eat breakfast tacos.… Continue Reading
Great Hearts Academies is a high-performing public charter school system based in Arizona. Its schools serve grades K-12 with a great books curriculum and an emphasis on character education. Great Hearts Texas received a Texas charter in 2012 and plans to open… Continue Reading
Leaders of both organizations [BASIS and Great Hearts] said they will begin searching for faculty and campus locations immediately. “Tomorrow we start that process,” said Great Hearts Texas President Peter Bezanson. “Charter schools advance”, Lindsay Kastner, San Antonio Express-News, November… Continue Reading
The State Board of Education granted these Generation 17 charter applications today: BASIS (San Antonio) Pro-Vision Academy (Houston) C.O.R.E. Academy (Houston) Village Tech Schools (Duncanville/Dallas) International Leadership of Texas (Dallas) Great Hearts Academy (San Antonio) Dallas Scholars Charter School Ben Yehuda Academy (San Antonio) The… Continue Reading
