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San Antonio receives failing grade in new study
San Antonio doesn’t get anywhere near an A+ in terms of education levels, nor do most major cities in the Lone Star State, according to a new study. San Antonio-New Braunfels did not fare so well in any of the categories, ranking number 105 out of the 200 most populous American cities.
Texas' list of failing public schools grows
Dallas ISD has 91 failing schools — 20 more than last year — on the state’s latest Public Education Grant list. Schools added this year:
Allen Charter School (elementary)
Bushman Elementary
Casa View Elementary
Cigarroa Elementary
Donald Elementary
Johnston Elementary
Marsalis Elementary
Mata Elementary
Medrano Elementary
Miller Elementary
Mount Auburn Elementary
Peeler Elementary
San Jacinto Elementary
Webster Elementary
Comstock Middle
Florence Middle
Gaston Middle
Guzick Elementary
Marsh Middle
Tasby Middle
SOURCE: Dallas ISD
30 more Bexar schools failing new test
SAN ANTONIO — The number of failing schools in Texas whose performance is so bad that students there are eligible to transfer to better campuses came close to double the number last year, according to the Texas Education Agency.
And in Bexar County, that number almost quadrupled.
January 10, 2014
San Antonio Express News
Most Houston-area school districts fail U.S. standards
In the Houston Independent School District, the largest in the state, the number of failing campuses more than doubled since last year to 169. Only 36 percent of the district’s schools met the federal standards.
Houston Chronicle
August 9, 2012
Report: S.A. schools losing ground
SAN ANTONIO — Despite years of work and innovation, a more competitive environment and a sustained focus on education by San Antonio’s civic leaders, a higher percentage of schools here ranked lowest among Texas’ major metropolitan areas in the annual report of the nonprofit Children at Risk.
The Houston-based think tank and advocacy group will release the report Monday. It gives 43 percent of schools in the greater San Antonio area a letter grade of “D” or “F.”
May 20, 2014
San Antonio Express News