AISD High Schools Hit Target

TEA results for Austin improved from last year

"...become the bane of education policy: vouchers, charters, single-sex schools. As the Austin Independent School District receives some of..."

Aug. 14, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Name That School!

Cesar Chavez and East Side are among the top name choices

"...As part of the repurposing, the new Eastside high gets a new name. To help ensure community..."

Aug. 8, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Reagan High Stands Up and Fights

Reagan High doesn't want to follow in Johnston's footsteps

"...front of a crowd of about 200 in Reagan High School's cafeteria – as passionate and committed as she..."

Oct. 31, 2008 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

If the AISD Board Won't Come to the Mountain

Eastside supporters offer to meet trustees

"...The Austin Independent School District board of trustees has not exactly been winning..."

Dec. 17, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The Smartest Kids in the Room

Hint: It may not be the AISD board of trustees

"...for skills like rhetoric and public speaking for Texas school kids any more. So two Austin ISD students –..."

April 29, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Ballet East

The company establishes its first dance academy for students at Eastside Memorial

"...Ballet East will host the debut performance of the Eastside Dance Academy, a program for students at Eastside Memorial..."

Dec. 4, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Farewell to Allan

Eastside parents watch AISD and IDEA dismantle their neighborhood school

"...From Shady Lane, it looked like any elementary school festival. Children played in a bouncy castle or lined..."

June 1, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

In Memoriam: Rodolfo Mendez

Remembering the founder of Ballet East Dance Theatre

"...his life to bringing dance to students on Austin's Eastside, changing countless lives in the process, has left us...."

May 7, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Austin ISD Still Stymied by Confederate Names

A school by any other name ...

"...Nine months after the Austin Indepen­dent School District board voted to change the names of five..."

Nov. 30, 2018 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Allan Elementary Public Meetings Begin

Public meeting at Eastside Memorial tonight

"...slim to none, this evening staff from Austin Independent School District meet with the East Austin community to take..."

Oct. 16, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Four Open Seats, and Many Demands for Change at AISD

School board shakeup

"...Nearly half of the Austin ISD school board trustees will be newcomers after Nov­em­ber. Four of..."

Aug. 28, 2020 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

News Roundup: Bullhooks and Bikes

Plus knives, fires, and schools

"...common practice for circuses; a mourning community holds a memorial for a young boy who was fatally hit while..."

Aug. 10, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Pearce Repurposed: But For How Long?

Commissioner Scott decides not to remove the axe from East Austin school

"...of some pretty bleak and surprising news: Pearce Middle School won't get a new PEIMS (Public Education Information Management..."

Aug. 25, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

TEA Rankings: AISD Improving

Only one campus marked academically unacceptable

"...The Texas Education Agency has released its school accountability ratings, and Austin ISD has managed to pull..."

July 30, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Which (East) Side Are You On?

Community plays tug-of-war over Eastside Memorial High School

"...Relations between the Austin Independent School District and charter school firm Southwest Key may have..."

June 24, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

AISD to Consider Charters and Communities Tonight

Agenda a complex dance between trustees, neighborhoods and employees

"...district's Annual Academic and Facility Recommendations for the 2013-14 school year. Introduced last year by Superintendent Meria Carstarphen, the..."

Dec. 17, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

All Key and No Lock

No deal on Eastside Memorial with Southwest Key

"...The Austin Independent School District has no current plans to discuss turning over..."

April 8, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...• Green test-run As Eastside Memorial High School looks toward a greener future –..."

May 8, 2009 News Feature

An IDEA Whose Time Has Passed?

The AISD board contemplates terminating its contract with IDEA Public Schools

"...The future of IDEA Public Schools in the Austin Independent School District may be short...."

Dec. 7, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Timeline of Key Changes

A decade of changes in Eastside schools

"...For decades, East Austin schools felt like they were being ignored by AISD and..."

Feb. 7, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

IDEA Still Hunting Enrollment

Students opting out of new charter school in favor of existing AISD schools

"...Whenever the Austin Independent School District talks about its alliance with IDEA Public Schools,..."

March 23, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

IDEA Enrollment Numbers Fall Short

Charter school sits at 93% capacity

"...IDEA Allan, the Austin Independent School District's controversial in-district charter school, has failed to reach..."

Sept. 21, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

AISD Board: Place Six

Three run to replace Moya

"...himself as "an ambassador and a worker for the school district," both personally and professionally. Saldaña's PR business has..."

Aug. 29, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Examine Complexities of IDEA Issue

"...of partnering with IDEA to create two in-district charter schools is a philosophical issue [“Kicking Around an IDEA,” News,..."

Dec. 19, 2011 Postmarks

Naked City

Proposal marries Global Tech, Green Tech high schools

"...Eastside Memorial: Together Again..."

May 27, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

AISD: Back to Basics

A vision for the district, and renaming Confederate schools

"...should be the top priority for the Austin Independent School District, its board of trustees agreed on Monday at..."

Oct. 5, 2018 News Feature by Austin Sanders

The Life and Death of Schools

Educational warrior Diane Ravitch takes on the "school reform" movement

"...two decades – from No Child Left Behind to high-stakes testing and the ongoing, bipartisan, national love affair with..."

Sept. 28, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

AISD and IDEA in Tweets

Charting Monday's meeting in 140 characters or less

"...reeling from the carnage at last night's Austin Independent School District trustee meeting, where community advocates and the board..."

Dec. 13, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Design for Living

Fusebox Festival creates a pop-up village as part of its thinkEAST Living Charrette

"...and talks. We have a tent with the UT School of Architecture, and their students are creating this library..."

April 3, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, March 17-24

"...COMMUNITY DINNER TO DISCUSS EASTSIDE SCHOOL Listen to a proposal to lease the former..."

March 18, 2011 News Column

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