Reporter, Writer, Storyteller
What we talk about when we talk about safety and discipline.
When I first started reporting on school discipline, I thought ...
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Bekah McNeel
Like any smart person with a messy closet, SAISD is getting help from organizers.
San Antonio ISD may have just found the cure to ...
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Bekah McNeel
A messy little memorial for Rachel Held Evans
It had been that kind of morning. The kind that ...
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Bekah McNeel
On mobile apps and equity
A couple of weeks ago, Inga Cotton, aka San Antonio ...
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Bekah McNeel
Meet Doug Dawson, the guy you should have already met.
Doug Dawson does not sound, look, or act like the ...
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Bekah McNeel
Three teachers who made me say “wow” this year.
Spring is the time of year when we honor teachers. ...
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Bekah McNeel
SAISD approves new generation of autonomous schools
At tonight’s meeting the San Antonio ISD board of trustees ...
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Bekah McNeel
I gave up pudding for Lent
I’ve rotated between the usual lenten abstinences for years. Dessert, ...
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Bekah McNeel
It’s here! Everybody has a take on the TX House’s School Finance Bill.
It’s here! It’s here! No, not the phone book. The ...
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Bekah McNeel
The McNeels Chose a School
Feb 19 was a dramatic day in San Antonio ISD. ...
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Bekah McNeel
Incumbent SAISD board members go all-in on union questionnaire.
Today at 5pm and 6pm the two San Antonio ISD ...
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Bekah McNeel
Union questionnaire for board candidates spotlights specific tensions in SAISD.
Just the other day I asked a member of the ...
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Bekah McNeel
The McNeels Choose a School, part seven: My very favorite school.
So, there’s a dark horse contender in our school search. ...
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Bekah McNeel
What Got Cut: Johanna’s and Stephanie’s stories
Late last year I got the chance to report on ...
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Bekah McNeel
More metal detectors and less STAAR seemed like a good idea at the time
The 2019 legislative session is off and running, with new ...
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Bekah McNeel
For those who teach undocumented students, Julissa Arce has some advice.
Teachers in high-poverty schools know that students don’t leave their ...
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Bekah McNeel