What Is the Alliance?

A Sketch of the Alliance, Austin Interfaith, and the Industrial Areas Foundation

"...Since 1991, Austin Interfaith has also organized 16 Alliance schools, of which 13 currently remain in partnership with..."

March 22, 2002 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Save Our Schools!

Texans advance on Capitol in bid to preserve public schools

"...through the $10 billion in planned cuts to public schools, or do they protect classrooms? The Save Texas Schools..."

March 11, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Even Chaplains Don’t Want Chaplains Instead of Counselors in Public Schools

Christian nationalism is the problem

"...counselors with untrained chaplains. Not-fanatical religious figures are urging schools not to do it...."

Aug. 24, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Austin Food and Wine Alliance Awards Culinary Grants

Here are all the winners

"...send the folks at the Austin Food and Wine Alliance a thank you card...."

Dec. 9, 2015 Food Post by Brandon Watson

Austin Food & Wine Alliance Announces Grant Winners

Culinary innovation and community projects rewarded with $20,000

"...The Austin Food & Wine Alliance's inaugural grants will help fund the first Texas apple..."

Jan. 7, 2013 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Schools, Sprawl, and Citizenship

Vote begins on $520 million school bond package

"...million (or some fraction thereof) to build eight new schools and upgrade, expand, and repair the rest. Should all..."

Aug. 27, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Austin Theatre Alliance

From TV and the LPGA comes the man who will run the Paramount and State

"...television (Channel One, the news network marketed to middle schools and high schools, and its parent company, Primedia Television)...."

May 27, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Schools in Session

Legislators Study Issues: From Vouchers to Combat Pay

"...charters to non-profit organizations or colleges, which operate the schools in privately owned facilities. Two of these are in..."

Jan. 3, 1997 News Column by Roseana Auten

Balancing the Books After Years of Neglecting Schools

The Texas Legislature wants to fix school finance, but how?

"...put them behind a cloak of secrecy in private schools or home schools."..."

April 7, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

Saving the Alliance Schools

"...The Alliance Schools, a program that improves school performance through direct..."

March 21, 2003 News Feature by Michael May

'If Not Edison -- What?'

Austin Interfaith's Alliance programs represent one alternative to failing AISD schools.

"...between the haves and the have-nots in Austin's public schools is large. The Fort Worth and Houston school districts..."

March 22, 2002 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Naked City

A short-lived run on Alliance School funding at the Lege

"...January with a plan to increase funding for the Alliance School program. Midway through the session they're fighting to..."

March 23, 2001 News Feature by Louis Dubose

Changing Places

The new Pickle Elementary School is a crucible of the changing St. Johns neighborhood

"...instrumental in organizing the faculty and parents into an "Alliance School," an IAF model for neighborhood self-determination. Zavala was..."

Feb. 7, 2003 News Feature by Michael May

AISD's Haves and Have Nots

"..."L" Low-Performing Schools..."

March 22, 2002 News Feature

Austin Interfaith

Organizing Austin One Congregation at a Time

"...machine has made significant and positive changes to Austin's schools, health care delivery system, and job training programs...."

July 21, 1995 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Naked City

The Industrial Areas Foundation demonstrates its substantial clout at the Southwest IAF Conference, held in Austin earlier this week.

"...the kingdom of God to manifest itself through good schools, living wages, and health insurance for children of the..."

March 9, 2001 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Naked City

Organized through Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish congregations, the Industrial Areas Foundation's Saturday gathering was not unlike a secular church service.

"...agenda for the coming legislative session are: job training, alliance schools, and removing bureaucratic barriers to health insurance for..."

Sept. 29, 2000 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Beside the Point: Failing Our Teachers

Why won't we fund our schools?

"...loss for the school they leave. According to an Alliance for Excellent Education report in 2014, roughly 13% of..."

Sept. 16, 2016 News Column by Richard Whittaker

Zeroing in on No Tolerance

Texas Schools Target Drugs and Violence

"...tolerance" policy on drugs, weapons, violence, and profanity in schools. Also present was Jerry Pyle, a teacher and member..."

May 12, 1995 News Feature by Andrea Barnett

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...Austin Interfaith and its program for community educational support, Alliance Schools, have received praise in a report by the..."

Sept. 4, 2009 News Feature

Election 2004 Updates

The latest electoral happenings in Central Texas, updated daily

"...an election. Ridgetop is one of the roughly dozen "Alliance" schools in Austin, schools that work closely with Interfaith..."

Oct. 29, 2004 News Feature

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...school diversity in favor of putting students in neighborhood schools. But tonight may not be the end of the..."

Feb. 26, 1999 News Feature

Pro-Choice Demonstrators Turn Out by the Thousands

Protests at schools, the Texas Capitol continue after leaked Supreme Court decision

"...her school's walkout in conjunction with the Queer Student Alliance, seeing students gathered in the same place to support..."

May 20, 2022 News Feature by Hannah Uebele

Naked City

Headlines

March 21, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Tesla Updates Travis County on Community Investments, “Ecological Paradise” Progress

Massive workforce development, still no data on water usage

"...partners like the Austin Area Urban League, Colorado River Alliance, and Del Valle ISD, as the Tesla Gigafactory, the..."

Oct. 19, 2023 News Post by Lina Fisher

Naked City

"...solicit opinions on its planned redesign of Austin high schools. The district proposes breaking large, impersonal high schools into..."

June 24, 2005 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Ten Down ... 90% to Go

AISD votes to move the Liberal Arts Academy from Johnston to LBJ, a move that magnet parents support but many others question.

"...hailed as a victory by advocates of the magnet schools, is expected to create the most advanced, broad-based public..."

Dec. 7, 2001 News Feature by Michael May

The Make It Movement Wants You to Learn a Trade and Love What You Do

Can skilled jobs and career education change Texas culture?

"...and vocational education. The shop classes taught in high schools became associated with a practice known as "tracking": Students..."

Dec. 27, 2019 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Education in Central Texas: A worrisome portrait

Community Action Network releases its Education FAQ on education in Central Texas

"...The result, for anyone who cares deeply about local schools, is a call to arms that paints a picture..."

Nov. 17, 2006 News Feature by Michael May

Fanning the Flames

Did TV News Reports Jeopardize Out Youth Austin's Partnership With AISD?

"...Federation of Teachers, the American Psychological Association, the Interfaith Alliance Foundation, the National Education Association, and others...."

March 24, 2000 News Feature by Suzy Spencer

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