As a follow-up to the two stories The Advance published about IDEA Public Schools Feb. 5 and 12 th , we’ve been keeping an eye out for any news about one of the nation’s biggest charter operators. Not until just recently has anything but glowing stories been written about IDEA, save in The Advance. Suddenly, several stories published about it have been anything but glowing, including plans, since scrapped, to lease a private jet so school officials could avoid commercial flight. While doing an online search this week for “IDEA Public Schools,” we stumbled across a story that, granted, dates back ...