A way forward: UTRGV medical research could serve as catalyst to grow billion-dollar industry
SAN ANTONIO — While excitement over the long-awaited creation of a medical school in the Rio Grande Valley wanes, local leaders work to establish...
Kids rock: Pharr elementary school experiments with music in classroom
Lights flash and cycle through changing colors revealing a young band jamming before computers lined against the library wall of Dr. William Long Elementary...
UT regents select interim chancellor, seek McRaven’s successor
AUSTIN — The University of Texas System Board of Regents selected Larry Faulkner as interim chancellor to fill in William McRaven’s role after his...
UTRGV celebrates 3,100 graduates over two days of commencement ceremonies
BY SPECIAL TO THE MONITORMcALLEN — More than 2,000 prospective graduates moved their tassels from right to left to signify the completion of their...
STC doubles number of graduates
McALLEN — As hundreds of college students prepare to celebrate mother’s day weekend by presenting their moms with a college degree, South Texas College...
Outside the system: PSJA superintendent weighing benefits of charter-like partnership
PHARR — While a bill passed by state legislators in the 2017 session allowing school districts to relinquish control of struggling campuses to charter...
Teaching by example: IDEA founders honored during National Charter Schools Week
“IDEA is the school that never sleeps,” said IDEA co-founder Tom Torkelson. “We’re kinda like the Las Vegas of public education.”With 61 schools across...
McAllen ISD considers tax ratification election
McALLEN — School district officials here are reaching out to the public for feedback on possible plans to place a tax ratification election before...
Simulating experiences: STC inaugurates $24 million nursing campus addition
McALLEN — A new state-of-the-art Nursing and Allied Health facility, complete with a simulated hospital wing, was unveiled by South Texas College on Tuesday...
RGV Focus marks another year of community engagement
HARLINGEN — Education and business leaders from throughout the Rio Grande Valley gathered Thursday to take the pulse of the region’s overall education health...