Opinion – Now or Never: Hold the Superintendent Accountable to Communities of Color

The search for a new AISD superintendent is a critical opportunity to rethink priorities

"...critical opportunity to hold superintendents accountable for decisions impacting communities of color. Prior to COVID-19, the Austin Independent School..."

May 8, 2020 Column by Danielle C.H. Wright

Johnston High Turns Triplet

AISD moves on plan to divide Eastside school into three smaller 'learning communities'

"...and reconstitute AISD's large, presumably impersonal high schools into smaller, career-focused "learning communities." The surgery is experimental, however, and..."

Feb. 25, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

AISD High Schools Flunk Real-World Test

Audit says district poorly prepares grads for college or careers

"...the key is breaking big high schools down into smaller, career-focused institutes. While all AISD high schools have some..."

Oct. 22, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...a more rigorous and targeted curriculum placing students in "smaller learning communities" focused on specific tracks – for example,..."

Oct. 15, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...recommendations aimed at ensuring all AISD campuses are safe learning environments. The task force was convened last spring in..."

March 12, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

"...of Justice's] continued work that our country and our communities remain safe, that the rights and civil liberties of..."

Aug. 31, 2007 News Feature

Just Add Students

The new Eastside high school takes issue

"...Office of Redesign, argues the benefit of dividing into smaller learning communities is simple math: Even if the student-teacher..."

Aug. 8, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

AISD Goes Global

Johnston High School welcomes immigrant students and makes waves in the neighborhood

"...It's clear that many in the district administration agree. "Smaller learning communities" will likely play a key role in..."

Nov. 26, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Naked City

"...country: Huge high schools will likely be broken into "smaller learning communities," and schools will be encouraged to develop..."

Nov. 17, 2006 News Feature

Here Today, There Tomorrow

Austin ISD Schools grapple with high student turnover – and all its consequences

"...behind a "redesign" of all AISD high schools into smaller learning communities. But it's hard to build relationships, to..."

March 11, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...a plan to divide Johnston High School into three smaller "learning communities." See "Johnston High Turns Triplet."..."

Feb. 25, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

AISD Redesign: Grazing and Gazing

The school district holds the second in a series of forums on curriculum reform

"...ideas for better transitions from middle to high school, smaller learning communities, better career education, and having students choose..."

Dec. 3, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

The Heart of the Community

SXSWedu gathers voices on schools in communities, communities in schools

"...than just test scores. It's hard to talk about "communities and schools" in Austin education without talking about Weeks...."

Feb. 28, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Slow Dying of Johnston High

State accountability standards may close a school on the edge of survival

"...they have to see a connection between what they're learning and the outside world, she said. "We will make..."

Nov. 30, 2007 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Rethinking Reagan ... and LBJ

AISD searches for student and community involvement in high school redesign program

"...redesign mantra is breaking large, impersonal schools into "small learning communities," or SLCs, that enable greater academic rigor, tighter..."

Nov. 25, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Road-Tripping for the 2017 Texas Biennial

To curate this edition of the contemporary art survey, Leslie Moody Castro took an epic road trip across the Lone Star State

"..."everything is bigger" state: an 11,300-mile drive to 25 communities all over Texas – towns as well as cities,..."

Sept. 29, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Nonprofits and the City's Quest for Affordable Housing

Helping usher Austin out of a quagmire of inequality

"...Foundation Communities, the city's pre-eminent nonprofit housing organization, built its first..."

July 14, 2017 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

Tovo and Casar Unfiltered on CodeNEXT

The Council members' full conversation with the Chronicle

"...out a little bit, and displace people in those communities. To the extent that we’re making new planning decisions..."

Sept. 14, 2017 News Post by Nick Barbaro

School of Hard Knocks

Number Discrepancies

"...helped bridge the gap between students' need for hands-on learning and the state's requirement that they pass advanced English..."

May 14, 1999 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Closing the COVID Gap at AISD

Post-pandemic, not enough students can read well. How do we get out of this ditch?

"...even know how to behave in class. They’re just learning that stuff and they were having to learn Zoom..."

March 22, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Q&A: Austin’s Coastal Neighbors

How Galveston looks to its past to prepare for its future – and what that means for Austin

"...in the evacuation plan, evacuating the island before surrounding communities, for example?..."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Feature by Kate X Messer

Building a Film Community at Renegade Studios

Austin filmmakers create a one-stop production space in Taylor

"...Austin's filmmakers have been moving north, including to surrounding communities like Pflugerville, Round Rock, and Manor – making the..."

Nov. 30, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Is Austin's Growing Dance Music Scene in Need of Its Own HQ?

We talk to a dozen members of ATX’s electronic music community

"...homegrown DIY scene, but thanks to the internet, temporal communities can transcend geography. Expats stay connected via an invite-only..."

Nov. 10, 2017 Music Feature by Dan Gentile

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...for student performance, based on the state's standards for learning," said AISD Superintendent Pat Forgione. "When we compare 2004..."

May 28, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Loving and Fighting

A history of struggle at Blackshear Elementary

"...goes the neighborhood, and so goes AISD's relationship with communities of color for whom Blackshear is a symbol. As..."

June 28, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Music of the Spheres

Sinatra in the Sahara

"...the gate that opens into a fortified esplanade. The smaller venue, known simply as Batha ("bah-tah"), holds a few..."

July 9, 1999 Music Feature by David Lynch

Austin Film Festival: Poverty, Inc.

Doc uncovers ugly truths in the booming global-poverty aid industry

"...express the view that without constructive action to promote communities – not charity – donations spite noses. Says one..."

Oct. 29, 2014 Screens Post by Jessi Cape

Embracing Code Compliance

New director Carl Smart discusses his goals for a more user-friendly department

"...and a host of others that I am just learning about. And the neighborhoods, the communities are different. By..."

Sept. 30, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Suburban Blight

Austinites' Escape to the 'Burbs Backfires

"...and jobs and vitality are abandoning yesterday's American Dream communities, just as they decamped from the inner cities, decades..."

March 27, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Geek Love

Protector of Cyberspace Mike Godwin

"...in the end, he'd won. Time later released a smaller, follow-up article on the study, acknowledging it was "seriously..."

Nov. 1, 1996 Screens Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade

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