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San Antonio Current - July 17, 2018
San Antonio Schools Are Still Segregated – By Income As Much As Race
In 1954, the Supreme Court rocked the segregated South when it ruled that the State Board of Education of Topeka could not prevent third-grader Linda Brown from attending Sumner Elementary, an all-white school seven blocks from her house. >>Read More
The Hechinger Report with
Christian Science Monitor -
July 16, 2018
Career-themed schools in San Antonio tackle job skills – and inequality
Donor money and close relationships with business are fueling several new high schools that are trying to lift academically prepared graduates from a variety of backgrounds into well-paying jobs. >>Read More
The Hechinger Report with
Texas Tribune - July 16, 2018
Parents love San Antonio’s preschool program. But soon, voters could weigh in on its fate.
While critics question whether a city-funded pre-K initiative is helping boost long-term educational outcomes, administrators and parents say there's no doubt about the quality of the education children receive at the program's four centers. >>Read More
Texas Public Radio - April 5, 2018
San Antonio ISD’s Plan To Disrupt Economically Segregated Schools
When Lexa Rijos and Jamie Roadman moved to southeast San Antonio 16 years ago, people warned them that there weren’t any good public schools in the area. >>Read More
Folo Media - Jan. 20, 2018
SAISD takes another step deeper into charter school waters
Monday night at its regular meeting, the SAISD board is expected to approve a charter takeover of its lowest performing elementary school. >>Read More
Folo Media - Jan. 3, 2018
Am I the reason schools are segregated?
Reporting on segregation forces me to ask tough questions about how I’m educating my own kids.
I’ll never forget the day the principal of our neighborhood school tried to recruit my unborn child. >>Read More
Folo Media - Dec. 28, 2017
Fighting the urge to segregate San Antonio's schools
In San Antonio and across the nation, the terms “good school” and “white school” are often synonymous. While traditional districts wrestle with the reality of parental appetite for homogeneous schools, one district aims to disrupt the segregation market. >>Read More
Folo Media - Dec. 20, 2017
For school boards short on savvy, corruption comes knocking
Yesterday, former SAISD trustee Olga Hernandez was acquitted of felony bribery charges in federal court. But her trial shows that corruption in Bexar County hits where it hurts. >>Read More
Folo Media - Nov. 28, 2017
Should schools do more than teach?
Kids don't leave the effects of poverty at home. More frequently, schools are seeing an academic benefit to providing food, counseling, parenting classes, and other services targeting the wide-ranging needs of low-income families. >>Read More
Rivard Report - Aug. 25, 2017
Ambitious SAISD Reforms Not Without
‘Bumps Along the Road’
As any doctor will tell you, the road to recovery is not always a straight line. In the most dire cases, it may take a few tries before a cure is found. The same could be said of school turnaround, the very difficult task facing San Antonio ISD Superintendent Pedro Martinez as he enters his third year at the helm of the district. >>Read More
Rivard Report - June 19, 2017
SB 4: Political Aims, Personal Consequences
Lawmakers and press have described the debate over the state’s new “sanctuary cities” law, or Senate Bill 4, as chaotic. To truly understand the forces at work one would have to watch archived footage of the debate on the House floor — all 16 hours, said State Rep. Diego Bernal (D-123). >>Read More
Rivard Report - April 30, 2017
San Antonio Parks: Gateways to Nature,
Science Appreciation
The City of San Antonio Parks and Recreation Department understands the vital role it plays in bringing nature back to the city. No other organization is as ideally positioned across the city to begin reconnecting families to the outdoors. >>Read More
Rivard Report - Feb. 28, 2017
Alamo Colleges: A House Divided
On May 6, Alamo Colleges will ask voters to approve a $450 million bond. In addition to badly needed repairs at St. Philip’s College, parking facilities at Northwest Vista College and San Antonio College, and technological infrastructure district-wide, the bond would include property purchases and building projects to accommodate projected growth. >>Read More