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Counselor offers advice to Valley parents amidst rash of school threats

With a wave of school threats across school districts in the Valley, stress, fear and anxiety are among the emotions that are felt by parents, students and staff.

IDEA Public Schools, Camp RIO launch outdoor program in Brownsville for kindergarteners

Camp RIO and IDEA Public Schools have partnered up to launch a new year-long outdoor program designed for kindergarten students called Nature Buddies.

Teacher who died in crash honored at IDEA’s Weslaco headquarters

WESLACO — Whitney Presas-Weddel’s passion for nursing and education is evident in the students she helped blossom out of their cocoons and it was honored Thursday with a memorial butterfly garden at the IDEA RGV Headquarters in Weslaco.

Valley school performance rated highest in Texas by nonprofit

The research and child advocacy nonprofit Children at Risk reported improvement among public schools in the Rio Grande Valley for the 2022-2023 school year, but also pointed out troubling trends.

DPS unit hits IDEA school bus in Harlingen

The Texas Department of Public Safety said one of its units hit an IDEA school bus Tuesday afternoon after another vehicle changed lanes and hit the trooper's unit.

There’s a major career fair slated for job seekers in Brownsville this week

What the city of Brownsville and the Greater Brownsville Incentives Corporation are calling the biggest career fair in South Texas is scheduled for Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

IDEA Public Schools hires new chief information officer

Idea Public Schools announced last week the hiring of its new chief information officer, Marlon Shears, to its executive team that assists in overseeing core functions throughout the public charter schools.

Teach for America Educator Profile: Angel Espinosa

Angel Espinosa is a 2021 Corps Member with Teach For America. She is an eighth-grade Algebra 1 teacher with IDEA Mission.

IDEA names president, chief schools officer

IDEA Public Schools announced Friday that its board of directors has named Cody Grindle as president and Ernesto Cantu as chief schools officer.

TFA’s Moses Hetfield guides 12th-graders at IDEA College Preparatory San Juan

Moses Hetfield, Teach For America RGV ’21 Corps, teaches AP U.S. government and AP economics to 12th-graders at IDEA College Preparatory San Juan.