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 museum, at the annual … Continue reading
The DoSeum will open on June 6, 2015 as San Antonio’s new children’s museum, and will celebrate its Grand Opening over the June 6-7 weekend. I’ve been inside the building for a hard-hat tour and, more recently, for a sneak peek … Continue reading
Last month, the Children’s Hospital of San Antonio (CHofSA) hosted a group of mom bloggers (including my son and me) for lunch to meet with hospital leaders and talk about the transformation that is underway to create a freestanding, academic children’s hospital in … Continue reading
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The BASIS San Antonio dedication ceremony on September 25, 2013 welcomed guests and dignitaries with a performance by the 7th & 8th grade strings. Tiffany O’Neill, BASIS San Antonio Head of School, celebrated the school’s opening. (Classes began September 3, 2013 … Continue reading
“BASIS Tucson North, a nonselective high school serving an economically modest middle-class student population in Arizona, outperformed the average of every country in the world in reading, math, and science,” the report said. . . . So what’s the secret … Continue reading
The result has been a dramatic acceleration of reforms in America’s public schools, at least on paper. All but five of the 50 states have adopted the common core. All but eight now allow charter schools. Thanks to No Child … Continue reading
Stuff I learned at last night’s information session for BASIS San Antonio: They’ve hired an operations manager. She’s currently in Arizona doing training, and will relocate to San Antonio in late March. They’re doing the paperwork to buy the real estate for the … Continue reading
So, how bad is it? Looking at successful education programs in other countries makes us even more aware of the problems here, but also gives us ideas about how to do things better. Standardized assessment is essential to making improvements. … Continue reading
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