AISD, Single Sex, And the Shadow of Separate But Equal

Trustee Bradley on why she believes East Austin needs a boys' school

"...She fights any comparison to Austin's Ann Richards Leadership Academy for Girls, but cites the majority black Chicago Urban..."

Aug. 9, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Board Discord on Single-Sex Schools

Little consensus leading up to Jan. 29 vote

"...three, or none: Those are the options for new single-sex schools facing Austin ISD. But with a board vote..."

Jan. 18, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

AISD: How Much Single-Sex Is Enough?

AISD hires a principal for a new boys' middle school as plans for a boys' academy appear to be on hold

"...are moving forward with their plan to open two single-sex middle schools at Pearce and Garcia middle schools in..."

May 31, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

AISD: Board Approves Sex Segregation

AISD board approves three single-sex schools on Eastside

"...Single-sex education: It's the new "separate but equal."..."

Feb. 1, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Designed To Fail

As Pearce may face another repurposing, AISD gets excited about single-sex schools

"...early afternoon at the James E. Pearce College Preparatory Academy. In the main office, a grandfather is worrying about..."

Nov. 18, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Uncontrolled Experiments

AISD says charters and single-sex academies will lift all students' boats – and attacks any research that says otherwise

"...wants to turn Pearce and Garcia middle schools into single-sex academies...."

Dec. 9, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

AISD Going Out on a Limb

Single-sex schools aren't all they're cracked up to be

"...the Austin Inde­pendent School District will be opening two single-sex schools. Pearce and Garcia Middle Schools will merge their..."

Feb. 7, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin ISD: The Resegregationists

Pearce, Garcia to be single sex schools, IDEA back tonight

"...who don't want to send their kids to a single-sex campus? How will surrounding campuses absorb the exodus, when..."

Jan. 29, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

AISD's Wish List

Superintendent Meria Carstarphen gave her facility recommendations, but what's next is up in the air

"...you want to convert a coed school into a single-sex academy: That comes with construction costs, even if it's..."

Sept. 14, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

AISD Boys' School Has a Target

Covington Middle School seems the likely candidate

"...School District is edging closer to opening a second single-sex school – this time for boys – and Covington..."

Nov. 2, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Ben Carson Invites Himself to Austin ISD

GOP contender's photo op plan quietly falls apart

"...tried to drop by Gus Garcia Young Men's Leadership Academy in the middle of election season, it's not surprising..."

Oct. 17, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

AISD: We Know What Boys Are Like

Proposal would turn Pearce and Garcia middle schools into single-sex academies

"...of the four middle schools in her district into "single-sex" schools...."

Aug. 10, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Three Plans for Four Eastside Schools

Four schools, three very different plans

"...Long-Term Plan: Single-sex academies with a shared attendance zone, starting fall 2014..."

Feb. 7, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

AISD to Consider Charters and Communities Tonight

Agenda a complex dance between trustees, neighborhoods and employees

"...three new partitioned campuses. There was the long-promised boys' academy (a sort of y-chromosome answer to the Ann Richards..."

Dec. 17, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Traffic

"...Brockovich, looks like a lock for at least one Academy Award nomination.) Clearly, this is a director who doesn't..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

AISD High Schools Hit Target

TEA results for Austin improved from last year

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

Aug. 14, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

In the Name of Ann Richards

AISD's School for Young Women Leaders is a district showcase – does its glittering reputation hide a darker side for teachers and students?

"...is undoubtedly the district's golden child. The district's only single-sex campus, it provides a STEM-centric curriculum (science, technology, engineering,..."

Aug. 30, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

AISD’s Big Balancing Act

The Austin Independent School District is considering bringing a $1 billion bond to voters in November. That's a lot of money. What all would it do? And can the package keep everybody happy?

"...• The Liberal Arts and Science Academy moves from the top floor of LBJ High, to..."

June 23, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

A Science Experiment

AISD's Young Women's Leadership Academy aims to point more girls toward science

"...In any case, plans for a Young Women's Leadership Academy are now officially under way, with the district betting..."

March 10, 2006 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

My Semester on the Beat

Wherein our reporter pursues the bad guys, abhors Problem People, studies community policing, and earns a perfect attendance koozie in the APD's Citizen Police Academy

"...of Aug. 11-12 as part of the Citizen Police Academy, a free course designed by the APD to show..."

Dec. 1, 2006 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Top 10 Education Stories

The year in local education

"...Pearce and Garcia middle schools and reopened them as single-sex schools: the Bertha Sadler Means Young Women's Lead­er­ship Academy..."

Jan. 2, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Gang of Four

Kyle Henry's 'Fourplay' fights expectations about what sex should look like onscreen

"...carry more complicated messages about the world than most Academy Award-winning dramas."..."

Feb. 8, 2013 Screens Feature by Brandon Watson

After Carstarphen, What Then?

Austin ISD enters a new era, searching for a road map

"...years, spearheading in-district charter schools and adding two more single-sex academies. "I can implement anything," she said during a..."

April 18, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Headlines

"...trustees have revived their controversial plans to create three single-sex schools. These had seemed dead in December, with few..."

Jan. 11, 2013 News Feature

Community-Backed Charter in Travis Heights Goes to the Board

As AISD considers dumping one charter, a new one is floated

"...intended to take established policies – like charters and single-sex schools – and develop them further, with deadlines and..."

Dec. 14, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Josh Rosenblatt Has Seen the Future, and It Isn't Pretty

Magic eight-balling 2008, month by month

"...forced to wing it through the entire three-hour 2008 Academy Awards broadcast. Employing a juggling ape named Panda as..."

Jan. 3, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

Thursday SXSW Picks

"...finally gets her chance at the spotlight. Appearing in Academy Award-winning documentary 20 Feet From Stardom, having backed acts..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature

AISD Accountability: Good News and Bad

New rating system poses challenges for educators, stakeholders alike

"...results this fall when Pearce and Garcia open as single-sex academies, and LBJ will face reconstitution. Meanwhile, at the..."

Aug. 15, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: School's Out!

"Evil Speak" and "Final Exam" vie for murder cum laude

"...the demonic cult over at Evilspeak's West Andover Military Academy...."

May 17, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Headlines

"...Gus Garcia Middle School into the Young Men's Leader­ship Academy, while Pearce becomes the Young Women's Leadership Academy...."

Dec. 20, 2013 News Feature

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