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IDEA Public Schools reviews

2.8

35% would recommend to a friend

(1,039 total reviews)
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Dr. Jeff Cottrill

55% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

IDEA Public Schools has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,039 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The IDEA Public Schools employee rating is 26% below average for employers within the Education industry (3.8 stars).

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1.0
Aug 11, 2015
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Pros

The students are the best part of this job. The flagship school in Donna is a great place to work.

Cons

The senior management is horrible and does not have students' best interests in mind. They force every high school student at most campuses to take AP tests, no matter if the students are prepared, in order to boost IDEA's national ranking (national school rankings are based on the number of students who take AP tests, NOT the number of AP tests students pass). The management at almost every school, Donna excluded, is atrocious. Management makes life harder on teachers in almost every way. The managers are rarely qualified: most spent roughly two years as teachers and many failed as teachers. But yet they still tell you how YOU should run your classroom.

2.0
Aug 4, 2015
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Pros

Was hired as teacher assistant (co-teacher) and paid higher than public districts.

Cons

Job was not to assist a teacher, job was to be a teacher with assistant teacher pay,

5.0
Jul 15, 2015

co-teacher

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Pros

One Hundred percent is given to the students each and everyday. Team and Family approach makes you want to go to work everyday.

Cons

I love working with staff and students at Idea Weslaco. I do not see any cons.

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