As many as 10 campuses in the San Antonio Independent School District are considering partnerships to let outside organizations operate their … […]
Category: School Partnerships
San Antonio ISD is weighing multiple partnerships to run schools
San Antonio ISD is weighing multiple partnerships to run schools … As many as 10 campuses in the San Antonio Independent School[…]
Debate continues over DISD's partnership with private schools
Dallas ISD leaders were out at several schools on Tuesday explaining a public/ private partnership plan it wants for Pre-K. The district[…]
Will a partnership with Texas Wesleyan create high-achieving schools in Fort Worth?
The school district is taking advantage of Texas Senate Bill 1882, which aims to help turn around failing schools. That law, established[…]
Community Meetings on Dallas ISD Privatization
The Dallas Independent School District will hold several meetings to continue discussions regarding partnership and privatization proposals. Read the full article:[…]
ENTERPRISE EDITORIAL: Three-campus changeover needs community buy-in
Changes like this have happened in a few other Texas districts but not … Supporters of public schools and charter schools often[…]
Parent expresses hope Fehl-Price will improve
The nonprofit charter school system ResponsiveEd has partnered with … in the hopes of meeting the standards set by the Texas Education[…]
Texas A&M, Bryan ISD partnering in teacher residency program
… for teachers to teach in an under-served or high-needs school district. … Texas A&M said the 11 universities that make up[…]
Beaumont ISD to hold community meeting, discussion on three schools partnering with charter …
BEAUMONT, Texas — Beaumont ISD is holding a community meeting about the recent board-approved charter school partnerships for … Read the full[…]
Dallas ISD must not let go of plan to partner with private operators for district schools
Its once-controversial teacher pay-for-performance program and Accelerating Campus Excellence initiatives are credited with turning around … Read the full article: Dallas ISD[…]
Answer Line: Teachers' jobs safe at proposed charter schools
The funds that we will receive with the money from SB 1882 (the enabling legislation for the charter schools) will allow our[…]
Longview ISD charter application denied by Texas Education Agency, contrary to official's …
… outlined in” Texas Education Code rules written to enact SB 1882, the letter reads. “The application must be modified to comply[…]
Application gives some details on how Longview ISD charter group would operate
The Texas Education Agency had been expected to inform the district … “The schools will be governed by the (academies) board with[…]
Texas Education Agency delays decision on Longview ISD charter group application
And Longview ISD leaders, particularly Forest Park Middle School Principal Cynthia Wise who will be chief operating officer of the seven-campus … […]
Edgewood fielding questions on proposed partnership with Pre-K 4 SA
The most frequently asked question by Gardendale Elementary School … Elementary into an in-district charter school for pre-K through second grade …[…]
Dallas ISD slows plan to hand over control of schools over privatization worries
Dallas ISD slows plan to hand over control of schools over privatization worries … Board president Edwin Flores, who has served on[…]
Dallas ISD considers privatizing some public schools
The Dallas ISD school board will vote this week on a plan that could turn some schools over to private organizations. Some[…]
ENTERPRISE EDITORIAL: BISD charter vote is reasonable option
Under the state law that allows this unusual venture, the charter school is responsible for staff, … In fact, it happens in[…]
Editorial: Still little known about how Longview ISD charter system will work —and why
The latest information we have from Cynthia Wise, who is now principal of Forest Park Middle School and will be CEO of[…]
MC discusses pre-k charter school, partnership with MISD
MC discusses pre-k charter school, partnership with MISD …. “It’s been supported by the (Texas Education Agency with) a substantial sum of[…]
Pre-K 4 SA offered to run schools in San Antonio —and Edgewood ISD said yes
After months of negotiations, both are finalizing an agreement under a 2017 state law called SB 1882, which allows traditional public school[…]
BISD school board approves move for three schools to partner with charter operators
BEAUMONT, Texas — The Beaumont ISD School Board voted in a meeting Thursday night to approve three charter school partnerships for … […]
Here's What You Need To Know About A Potential State Takeover Of Houston Schools
With over 200,000 students, it’s the largest school district in Texas and the … schools to an outside group, including a nonprofit[…]
Here's What You Need To Know About A Potential State Takeover Of Houston Schools
Under SB 1882, districts can temporarily handover the low-performing schools to an outside group, including a nonprofit or charter school. That group … […]
Beaumont school district to consider letting charter schools run three campuses
BEAUMONT, Texas — The Beaumont school board is considering allowing three of its campuses to be run by charter schools. The Beaumont … […]
Chief officer of Longview ISD charter partnership: Funding will allow innovative options for students
The Texas Education Agency is expected to announce Jan. 25 whether … As principal of McClure Magnet School of International Studies, she[…]
MISD announces partnership for new college preparatory school
MISD announces partnership for new college preparatory school … in the YWPN network, with others in Austin, Dallas, Lubbock and San Antonio. […]
Longview ISD charter partnership could mean $6.5 million in new state funds
Exactly how a student’s school day will be different under the charter … Similar in name to the East Texas Advanced Academies[…]
Fight Intensifies Over Future Of Struggling Houston Schools, District
As lawmakers head into the Texas legislative session this week, tensions have intensified over the future of Houston schools and the threat[…]
City-Sponsored Nonprofit Aims To Partner With Houston School District, Manage 15 Schools
Under the state law known as SB 1882, the Houston Independent School District could give the nonprofit temporary control of some Houston[…]