“Continuities with Lessons in Dropout Prevention” IDRA Classnotes Podcast Episode 63
IDRA president and CEO, María “Cuca” Robledo Montecel, Ph.D., describes how seven lessons presented in IDRA’s new publication, Continuities – Lessons for the Future of Education from the IDRA Coca-Cola Valued Youth Program, can serve as a guide and catalyst for future actions to transform education in this country.

Student Voices on Being Valued – Episode 54
(May 14, 2009) Following a national essay contest among tutors in the Coca-Cola Valued Youth Program, Linda Cantu, Ph.D., director of this dropout prevention program, shares examples of student’s stories of how the program helped them do better in school and how they had helped their tutees to do better.

Creating Leadership Opportunities for Students - Episode 30
(March 13, 2008) As his school’s teacher coordinator for the Coca-Cola Valued Youth Program, Jerry de la Garza discusses how giving leadership opportunities to students who are considered at risk of dropping out leads to great transformations.

Leading a Diverse Campus to Success - Episode 27
(January 25, 2008) Elementary principal, Sandy Dolan, shares how she has transformed her campus to succeed during a time of dramatic population changes.

Dropout Prevention for Students with Special Needs - Episode 26
(December 11, 2007) Josie Danini Cortez, M.A., and Lee Ramos talk about the dramatic impact of a pilot project that adapted the Coca-Cola Valued Youth Program to serve students with special needs.

Professional Learning Communities in Schools - Episode 25
(November 26, 2007) Josie Danini Cortez, M.A., and Dr. Juanita García join Aurelio Montemayor , M.Ed., to describe a successful professional learning community in a middle school in south Texas .

Learnings from the Coca-Cola Valued Youth Program - Episode 15
(June 28, 2007) Linda Cantu, Ph.D., and Juanita García, Ph.D., discuss several things they have learned during more than two decades of experience with IDRA’s highly-successful dropout prevention program, the Coca-Cola Valued Youth Program.