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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...

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...

Dec 18, 2018
5 min

The Portfolio Model Of Public School Privatization Comes To San Antonio

Hold onto your hats folks, a man-made “Great Schools” hurricane is about to hit. San Antonio ISD superintendent Pedro Martinez and his...

Oct 29, 2018
2 min

A Pro-Charter, Pro-Privatization Website Unveiled A Fawning Profile of Pedro Martinez And His Team

Pedro Martinez, Mohammed Choudhury, and Patti Radle are the new darlings of the national movement to privatize America’s public schools....

Sep 27, 2018
5 min

Las Adquisiciones De Escuelas Chárter Deterioran El Sistema De Escuelas Públicas De San Antonio

Por Luke Amphlett La narrativa del Distrito Escolar Independiente de San Antonio sobre la integración de la escuela semiautónoma (mejor...

Sep 16, 2018
2 min

Believe In Yourselves, Your Students, And Your Community, Even If Your Leaders Do Not.

By Alejandra Lopez STAAR results came out recently and just as was projected Stewart Elementary moved out of “Improvement Required”...

Sep 3, 2018
5 min

What We Mean When We Say "Our Union"

By Luke Amphlett, David Garza, Alejandra Lopez, and Adrian Reyna. Our union is the democratically-elected, democratically-structured...

Aug 10, 2018
6 min

For Public Control Of Public Schools

By Luke Amphlett For public schools to become the sites of liberation that they might be, we have to face their role in reproducing...

Aug 3, 2018
3 min

San Antonio Educators Have Overwhelmingly Lost Faith In SAISD Leadership

If you care about public education, you should have too. According to the San Antonio Alliance of Teachers and Support Personnel, 77% of...

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