It’s an exciting time to be raising educated children in San Antonio. That's what I learned at the San Antonio Regional Public PK-12 Education Forum at the Pearl Stable last month.
On April 21, 2016, a group of state and local education...
We are in complete awe of the teachers who were nominated in Alamo City’s Amazing Teacher contest! We asked our readers to nominate teachers who have made an impact in their and their children’s lives. With more than 7,000 teachers in one...
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It's no secret that San Antonio families love The DoSeum. In the first year that our new children's museum has been...
On February 24, 2016, at the annual IDEA Public Schools San Antonio luncheon, school leaders presented San Antonio Mayor Ivy R. Taylor with the Closing the Achievement Gap Award. Mayor Taylor’s vision and attention to detail have helped Rio Grande...
The current school year is half over, so that means we have to start preparing for…next school year, of course! Maybe it seems a bit premature, but the preview program for our local Kindergarten program is next week. Naturally,...
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National School Choice Week, January 24–30, 2016, is a celebration of the idea that there are many education options available, including private schools, charter schools, virtual...
Whether or not we admit it, every mom does it: we all wonder what our littles will be when they turn into "bigs." And then we wonder how we'll pay for it. My first semester of in-state college tuition...
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You’ve seen the IDEA billboards on 410 and I-10. You’ve read about IDEA in the San Antonio Express News. You may...
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Mothers of multiples like me will be...
Around these parts (read that in your best Texas drawl), most kids have completed over a month of school. Shoes are less shiny, pencil erasers have already been worn down, and the excitement of "back to school" is a...
We are thrilled to have partnered with The DoSeum to bring our readers the latest information about San Antonio’s new children’s museum.
The DoSeum isn't just a fun place to take your kids to let them burn off some energy;...
Parent-Teacher Associations (PTAs) are doing it wrong. They spend too much time and energy on things that don’t matter for our kids’ education, and they leave out many of the people who desperately want to help.
PTAs spend too much...
My baby turned five just the other week, and she’ll be starting Kindergarten in just a matter of days. I remember how bittersweet it was celebrating the last first birthday with my four kids. I realized the chubby toes...
We need to have a chat about middle school.
I’m getting real and cutting out the sweet stuff. If you want to read a saccharine post about sending love notes to your 13-year-old in his lunch bag and taking time to read...
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