The University of Texas at San Antonio's Institute for Economic Development has partnered with Retail Strategies LLC to host the Texas Retail Academy. The academy will educate city leaders on retail and business recruitment, real estate and small business support. The program is made possible by a grant through the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which fully funded six communities' participation. More here.
College Board AP Exams and IB Exams
Last week, many students were not successful in submitting their at-home, online AP Exams.
Consequently, College Board is addressing the issue with an alternative submission method - BUT ONLY FOR THOSE EXAMS THE WEEK OF THE 18th. See the Washington Post article
For IB Exams, all have been cancelled, and students will receive credit based on the following:
The IB has put into place the following actions:
The DP and CP examinations scheduled between 30 April and 22 May will no longer be held.
The student will be awarded either the Diploma, Career-related Programme certificate or a course certificate which reflects their standard of work. The achievement will be based around the students’ coursework and the established assessment expertise, rigor and quality control already built into the programmes.
For more on IB - see Covid 19 updates as of May 15th