When you first walk into the Museum District’s Post Oak High School, little is hidden, including the teachers. The school, a single story, 6,000 square foot brick and glass-walled structure with an open-concept floor plan, was designed with the third teacher in mind. The third teacher is not a humanRead More

Current sophomores at St. Stephen’s Episcopal will be the first class with the option of graduating with an International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma. The IB Diploma Programme, a widely-recognized, two-year intensive program for juniors and seniors, offers college-level curriculum (for college credit) in 146 countries. It emphasizes global citizenship and focusesRead More

Last week, the ACT released disconcerting data about the quality of a typical high school education in America. Of the 54% of high school graduates who took the college entrance exam, 1 in 3 were not prepared for any college-level coursework requiring English, science, math or reading skills (the 4Read More