Citywide Education Progress Report: San Antonio

Center on Reinventing Public Education. University of Washington Bothell Box 358200, Seattle, WA 98195. Tel: 206-685-2214; Fax: 206-221-7402; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: http://www.crpe.org

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Urban Schools; Elementary Secondary Education; Public Schools; Achievement Gap; Academic Achievement; Graduation Rate; Socioeconomic Influences; Family Involvement; Accountability; At Risk Students; Educational Quality; Educational Change; Systems Approach; Enrollment; Transportation; Community Involvement; Charter Schools; Administrator Role; Teacher Competencies; Educational Finance; School Choice; Educational Improvement; School Districts; Racial Differences; Ethnicity

The Citywide Education Progress Report looks at how a city is doing across three goals: (1) The education system is continuously improving; (2) All students have access to a high-quality education; and (3) The education strategy is rooted in the community. Across each goal it presents indicators of what the city is doing and how it is doing. The reports focus on education strategies for the 2017-18 school year. The analyses reflect developments through June 2018. These are updates to the original reports from the 2016-17 school year. Across San Antonio's 17 school districts and dozens of charter campuses, there are promising signs of improvement. San Antonio Independent School District (SAISD) is taking the biggest steps by partnering with nonprofits, charter organizations, and local businesses to improve low-performing schools, offer specialized career training to students, and streamline transportation. As San Antonio's districts and charter schools move forward, the challenge will be to coordinate with one another and ensure that families are part of the improvement strategy. SAISD has made a number of improvements over the past year, notably in school innovation, nonprofit engagement, and choice supports. Avenues for family involvement, school information, talent, school-level funding, and portfolio management remain areas for growth. Standalone charter schools also need streamlined transportation and enrollment. [For the main report, "Stepping Up: How Are American Cities Delivering on the Promise of Public School Choice?," see ED578178.]

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