Charter Schools /tags/charter-schools Charter Schools en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Fri, 09 May 2025 17:34:02 GMT Austin ISD to offer $15,000 stipends to bring experienced teachers to low-rated middle schools /education/2025-05-09/austin-independent-school-district-dobie-webb-burnet-middle-schools-transformative-teachers-plan The district has been developing turnaround plans for Dobie, Webb and Burnet middle schools, which received failing grades from the Texas Education Agency. The school board has not yet voted on what the plans should be to avoid a state takeover. Fri, 09 May 2025 17:34:02 GMT /education/2025-05-09/austin-independent-school-district-dobie-webb-burnet-middle-schools-transformative-teachers-plan Becky Fogel Austin-area school districts ban cellphones to prevent bullying, improve student achievement /education/2024-08-16/lake-travis-isd-cell-phone-smart-device-ban-in-classrooms Lake AG真人百家乐 ISD has banned smart devices in prekindergarten through eighth grade. School administrators, parents and researchers are hopeful the policy will improve student outcomes and prevent bullying. Fri, 16 Aug 2024 10:01:00 GMT /education/2024-08-16/lake-travis-isd-cell-phone-smart-device-ban-in-classrooms Becky Fogel IDEA Public Schools Part Ways With Top Execs After Review Of Charter鈥檚 Finances /education/2021-05-27/idea-public-schools-part-ways-with-top-execs-after-review-of-charters-finances In a letter to the school community, Board President Al Lopez announced the departure of CEO JoAnn Gama and COO Irma Mu帽oz after an in-depth legal and forensic review into the network鈥檚 finances. Thu, 27 May 2021 17:34:12 GMT /education/2021-05-27/idea-public-schools-part-ways-with-top-execs-after-review-of-charters-finances Camille Phillips, Sofia Gonzalez | Houston Public Media Austin-Based Southwest Key Will Do 'Internal Review' After New York Times Investigation /austin/2018-12-03/austin-based-southwest-key-will-do-internal-review-after-new-york-times-investigation The Austin-based nonprofit that houses more migrant children than any other organization in the country plans to hire an independent attorney who will鈥� Tue, 04 Dec 2018 02:20:12 GMT /austin/2018-12-03/austin-based-southwest-key-will-do-internal-review-after-new-york-times-investigation Nathan Bernier Should Texas Districts Partner With Charter Operators To Save Failing Schools? /texas/2018-06-06/should-texas-districts-partner-with-charter-operators-to-save-failing-schools From Texas Standard.In efforts to avoid strict state sanctions, Houston ISD, San Antonio ISD and Waco ISD are all school districts that have recently鈥� Wed, 06 Jun 2018 17:54:25 GMT /texas/2018-06-06/should-texas-districts-partner-with-charter-operators-to-save-failing-schools Jill Ament Texas Senate Puts Voucher-Like Program In School Finance Bill /texas/2017-05-22/texas-senate-puts-voucher-like-program-in-school-finance-bill The Texas Senate Sunday night approved a bill that would both simplify the formulas for funding public schools and allow parents of kids with disabilities鈥� Mon, 22 May 2017 14:00:04 GMT /texas/2017-05-22/texas-senate-puts-voucher-like-program-in-school-finance-bill Aliyya Swaby Charters Were Created to Share Innovations with Public Schools. Is That Happening? /education/2016-09-16/charters-were-created-to-share-innovations-with-public-schools-is-that-happening It鈥檚 the end of the school day at the Not Your Ordinary School in North Austin and students in Melissa Hefner鈥檚 fourth grade class are sitting in a鈥� Fri, 16 Sep 2016 13:00:00 GMT /education/2016-09-16/charters-were-created-to-share-innovations-with-public-schools-is-that-happening Charter Schools Worry New Zoning Regulations for Schools Could Curb Growth /education/2016-06-29/charter-schools-worry-new-zoning-regulations-for-schools-could-curb-growth For some Austin residents in the Windsor Park neighborhood, the problems began two years ago. That's when charter school Austin Achieve built a new school鈥� Wed, 29 Jun 2016 14:05:44 GMT /education/2016-06-29/charter-schools-worry-new-zoning-regulations-for-schools-could-curb-growth Loophole Allows Charter Schools to Skirt School-Related Building Regulations /education/2016-05-27/loophole-allows-charter-schools-to-skirt-school-related-building-regulations There鈥檚 a fight brewing at City Hall over what regulations Austin charter schools must abide by to build new facilities. City staff says there are鈥� Fri, 27 May 2016 16:28:22 GMT /education/2016-05-27/loophole-allows-charter-schools-to-skirt-school-related-building-regulations Now a Charter School, AG真人百家乐 Heights Elementary Has More Autonomy, But Fewer Students /education/2015-04-10/now-a-charter-school-travis-heights-elementary-has-more-autonomy-but-fewer-students Enrollment at AG真人百家乐 Heights Elementary School has dropped by seventy students this year 鈥� about 13 percent of the student population. It's a uniquely鈥� Fri, 10 Apr 2015 12:00:00 GMT /education/2015-04-10/now-a-charter-school-travis-heights-elementary-has-more-autonomy-but-fewer-students