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Unprecedented Collapse In Student Enrollment Under Patti Radle & Pedro Martinez
  • 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...
Your Choice: Vote To Support The Teachers Who Work In SAISD Schools, Or Vote Against Them.
  • 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...
“The ideas of reform and innovation have been tearing apart public education”
  • 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...
SAISD School Board Waives Its Own Community Voice Policy To Push Through “Community-Driven” Charters
  • 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,...
216 Police Reports In A Year at K-6 Ogden Academy
  • 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...
Are You Irreplaceable, Replaceable, or Expendable?
  • 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...
SAISD Educators Endorse Candidates For Board Elections
  • 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...
The State of Our District: A Community Response
  • 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...
Is SAISD Privatizing Classified And Support Services?
  • 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....
America's Richest, Tax-Dodging, School-Privatizing Family Loves Pedro Martinez And His Board.
  • Jan 4, 2019
  • 3 min

America's Richest, Tax-Dodging, School-Privatizing Family Loves Pedro Martinez And His Board.

It’s good to know that the richest family in America, famous for tax avoidance, paying workers so little that they have to rely on food...
The Portfolio Model Of Public School Privatization Comes To San Antonio
  • 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...
Teachers at Ogden Academy Speak Out About Dehumanization of Students
  • Dec 11, 2018
  • 6 min

Teachers at Ogden Academy Speak Out About Dehumanization of Students

Teachers at the San Antonio ISD school are blowing the whistle on the “racist, classist” instructional and behavior management frameworks...
A Pro-Charter, Pro-Privatization Website Unveiled A Fawning Profile of Pedro Martinez And His Team
  • 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....
Las Adquisiciones De Escuelas Chárter Deterioran El Sistema De Escuelas Públicas De San Antonio
  • 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...
Believe In Yourselves, Your Students, And Your Community, Even If Your Leaders Do Not.
  • 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”...
What We Mean When We Say "Our Union"
  • 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...
For Public Control Of Public Schools
  • 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...
SAISD Parents Have High Standards For Our Students And Our Leaders
  • Aug 4, 2018
  • 5 min

SAISD Parents Have High Standards For Our Students And Our Leaders

By Sarah Sorensen As of July 1, the school formerly known as P.F. Stewart Elementary School in San Antonio Independent School District is...
San Antonio Educators Have Overwhelmingly Lost Faith In SAISD Leadership
  • 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...
EDUCACIÓN POPULAR
  • Aug 1, 2018
  • 1 min

EDUCACIÓN POPULAR

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