San Antonio already has a champion basketball team, a River Walk that draws thousands of tourists and a star mayor about to hit the political big time. Yes, a city on the rise. Soon, it may experience something just as positive: an injection of high performing charter schools. I know you weren’t expecting that last […]
Author Archives: Richard Whitmire
Richard Whitmire is a veteran newspaper reporter and former editorial writer at USA Today and author of "On the Rocketship: How High Performing Charter Schools are Pushing the Envelope." He also wrote "The Bee Eater: Michelle Rhee Takes on the Nation’s Worst School District" (Jossey Bass: February 8, 2011) and "Why Boys Fail" (AMACOM: January 2010), which explores why boys are falling behind in K-12 schools.
