Innovation, Design, Entrepreneurship Academy, Educational institution in Dallas, United States

The Innovation, Design, Entrepreneurship Academy is a school building in Dallas constructed in 1915 that now offers courses in business thinking and practical skills. The structure combines early 1900s architecture with contemporary classrooms designed for hands-on project work.

The building opened in 1915 as James W. Fannin Elementary School and served as a primary school for decades. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995 and later repurposed as an entrepreneurship academy.

The school carries the name of James W. Fannin, a Texian colonel executed with his men at Goliad in 1836, a name the elementary school bore before the academy took over the 1915 building. The campus is part of the Dallas Independent School District and describes itself as a personalized learning high school, so students follow individual plans rather than one fixed programme.

The building is an operating high school in the Dallas Independent School District, so it is not open to the public and visits are not offered. It stands at the former James W. Fannin Elementary School site in Dallas; the historic building itself can be viewed from the street. Its National Register listing dates from 1995 and its Dallas city landmark designation from 1996.

The building was originally designed as a primary school for young students and is now a hub for students developing their own business ideas. This transformation shows how a school structure can adapt to entirely different purposes while keeping its original form intact.