Democracy Prep scandal reveals much about SAISD incumbents
Who could have predicted that SAISD's controversial partnership with the New York-based charter company would reveal so much about...
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- Apr 26, 2021
- 4 min
In this year's school board elections, let’s write a whole new script.
We don’t want a B-rated district, or even an A-rated district; we want a district that embraces education built by the visions of our...
- Apr 26, 2021
- 4 min
The SAISD board election is big business vs educators, students, and community.
The progressive challengers in SAISD understand that when community members are heard, we create schools that center and uplift students...
- Nov 20, 2019
- 5 min
Radical Imaginary And The Student Bill Of Rights
By Luke Amphlett San Antonio ISD just approved a new Student Code of Conduct and Student Bill of Rights. It’s a hugely important step,...
- Oct 1, 2019
- 3 min
Pedro Martinez Speaks At Event Organized By Anti-Immigrant, Anti-Worker, Climate-Change Deniers.
Why did the SAISD Superintendent accept an invitation to speak at an event organized by one of the most anti-immigrant,...
- Sep 1, 2019
- 4 min
SAISD Leaders All Smiles At Photo-op With Anti-Immigrant, Anti-LGBTQ Dan Patrick.
Dan Patrick is a racist, lying, immigrant-hating, trans-dehumanizing bigot who knows nothing about Texas public schools. It’s great to...
- Aug 31, 2019
- 4 min
“Innovative” Charter Partnerships Are A Disaster For Students.
Ogden, Storm, Texans Can Academy, and Democracy Prep demonstrate the emptiness of district promises. As Texas Education Agency leaders...
- Aug 18, 2019
- 6 min
Attack On Teacher Contracts Will Impact All Of Us.
Ending continuing contracts will damage our profession, and cost us all in the long run. From an SAISD high school teacher. At the end of...
- May 17, 2019
- 4 min
“Let’s Build A San Antonio Sin Miedo For Everyone”
San Antonio criminal justice reform coalition: “Let’s fundamentally rethink the role of jails, prisons, and punishment in our city. Let’s...
- May 6, 2019
- 6 min
65% Of SAISD Voters Reject Vision Of Current SAISD Leaders, Even As Incumbents Return To Office.
Alicia Perry, Patti Radle, and Christina Martinez won their individual board races on Saturday. But the numbers tell a deeper story if we...
- Apr 29, 2019
- 5 min
Unprecedented Collapse In Student Enrollment Under Patti Radle & Pedro Martinez
No other SAISD superintendent, and no other school board president have ever presided over such a catastrophic downturn in student...
- Apr 22, 2019
- 3 min
Your Choice: Vote To Support The Teachers Who Work In SAISD Schools, Or Vote Against Them.
Teachers, or big business-backed “reformers”. That's the only choice you have. Over the past few weeks, the May 4 SAISD School Board...
- Apr 4, 2019
- 2 min
SAISD Board Member Christina Martinez: “I need more time to be a well-informed board member”
If our board members didn't have time to properly engage with charter management agreements, what chance is there that our community...
- Mar 29, 2019
- 2 min
“The ideas of reform and innovation have been tearing apart public education”
Subcontracting out our schools is not a quality answer to any of the difficulties our district faces or to the pedagogy of public...
- Mar 26, 2019
- 3 min
SAISD School Board Waives Its Own Community Voice Policy To Push Through “Community-Driven” Charters
Board again shows the hollowness of its commitment to community engagement and empowerment. At last night’s SAISD School Board meeting,...
- Mar 21, 2019
- 2 min
216 Police Reports In A Year at K-6 Ogden Academy
Over the course of the 2017-18 school year*, 216 police reports were made at the Westside campus run by Relay Graduate School. Let us...
- Mar 18, 2019
- 7 min
Are You Irreplaceable, Replaceable, or Expendable?
Who gets to decide, and why would they think such labels have any place in our education system? In a January 14 memo, SAISD leadership...
- Mar 8, 2019
- 5 min
SAISD Educators Endorse Candidates For Board Elections
A 19-year-old father, and two mothers of SAISD students will be running against incumbents in District 5, and District 6, and for a newly...
- Feb 16, 2019
- 5 min
The State of Our District: A Community Response
By Sarah Sorensen We are a community that values education, a community with a legacy of fighting for educational justice. I am a member...
- Feb 5, 2019
- 4 min
Is SAISD Privatizing Classified And Support Services?
Word has been spreading across San Antonio ISD that district leaders are moving to privatize non-teaching services across the district....