Idea Mcallen Academy is a charter school located in McAllen, TX, which is in a mid-size city setting. The student population of Idea Mcallen Academy is 887 and the school serves PK-5. At Idea ...

Idea Los Encinos Academy is a charter school located in McAllen, TX, which is in a mid-size city setting. The student population of Idea Los Encinos Academy is 743 and the school serves PK-4.

The Texas State Board of Education Friday ... a proposed pre-K through eighth grade dual language school in McAllen. Unlike traditional schools, charter schools cannot levy local taxes, and ...

the IDEA McAllen College Prep public charter school near the Mexican border doesn’t look like a national education leader. It resembles other high schools in poorer parts of Texas. Seventy-seven ...

a charter network with 145 campuses across the state, had 21 campuses named to the list. Other South Texas schools including Laredo's United ISD, Brownsville ISD, Edinburgh ISD, McAllen led with ...

This session, the Legislature has a chance to finally address one of the biggest inequities in Texas public education: facilities funding for public charter schools. Sen. Angela Paxton’s Senate ...

Texas’ charter school system, which hasn’t grown too much since 2000, is suddenly poised for a massive expansion, after major reforms in the Legislature last year. All that’s missing now ...

Texas Education Agency Commissioner Mike Morath addresses the State Board of Education on Wednesday. Morath recommended the SBOE approve five new charter schools in the state. Credit: Olivia ...