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BASIS Boosters: parent groups supporting BASIS schools
This afternoon there is another BASIS parents’ meeting: 2 p.m. at Northrup Hall Room 318 at Trinity University. Even if you can’t come to this meeting, be sure to sign up for the interest list to stay...
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How parents in Washington DC navigate school choice: Charter School Expo,...
Last Saturday, the District of Columbia Public Charter School Board held the DC Charter School Expo. For many moms and dads staring down aisle upon aisle of booths — each representing a different...
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Ben Yehuda Academy in San Antonio is part of a national Hebrew charter school...
Hebrew language immersion is, well, sort of niche. But last year, when BASIS and Great Hearts were applying for their charters, I watched Ben Yehuda Academy applying for their charter (their interview...
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Rocketship Education has “schoolteachers,” my son says
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...
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BASIS San Antonio Boosters mailing list
A BASIS Boosters group is now forming in San Antonio. As mentioned in this earlier post, every BASIS campus has a parent group—the BASIS Boosters—dedicated to building community and providing extra...
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BASIS San Antonio Boosters executive board
UPDATED. The BASIS San Antonio Boosters now have an executive board: President: Richard Gross VP: Lourdes Campos 2nd VP: Chris Conlan (formerly Lloyd Wiltz) Treasurer: Juan Carlos Rodriguez (formerly...
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Rocketship Education parent information session on March 20, 2014 at 6:30 p.m.
Rocketship Education is hosting a parent information session on Thursday, March 20, 2014 at 6:30 p.m. at the Cortez Branch Library, 2803 Hunter Blvd., San Antonio, Texas 78224 (map). RSVP at...
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Amanda Ripley talks about “The Smartest Kids in the World” with supporters of...
Amanda Ripley, author of The Smartest Kids in the World and How They Got That Way, took the stage at the Tobin Center on September 10 to speak with supporters of the DoSeum, San Antonio’s children’s...
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21st Century Education System: A Discussion in San Antonio with David Osborne...
Many of my recent posts have been profiles of new schools opening in San Antonio, and those stories are exciting to share. But thoughtful readers ask me, and I wonder for myself, where is this going?...
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Charter School Funding vs. Traditional Public School Funding: San Antonio...
San Antonio charter schools get bigger bang for fewer bucks, according to a new report by researchers in the Department of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas. In San Antonio and seven...
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