(April 7, 2009) Research tells us that certain things must be in place for schools to be successful. These elements are parent and community engagement, engagement of students, quality teaching, and curriculum quality. IDRA’s Quality School Action Framework shows how communities and schools can work together to identify where these elements are weak and strengthen their schools’ capacities to improve their holding power. In order for these to elements to be strong, it is essential that the foundations be in place as well: governance efficacy and funding equity. In the second of a set of podcast episodes on this topic, IDRA president and CEO, María “Cuca” Robledo Montecel, Ph.D., describes the two school change fundamentals of governance efficacy and funding equity in the Quality School Action Framework that are required for school success. Dr. Montecel is interviewed by Aurelio Montemayor, M.Ed., director of the IDRA Texas Parent Information and Resource Center. Send comments to
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Graduation for All E-letter(English/Spanish) Free monthly electronic newsletter by IDRA with up-to-date information on the dropout issue that you can use to take action in your school and community to strengthen school holding power.
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(April 7, 2009) Research tells us that certain things must be in place for schools to be successful. These elements are parent and community engagement, engagement of students, quality teaching, and curriculum quality. IDRA’s Quality School Action Framework shows how communities and schools can work together to identify where these elements are weak and strengthen their schools’ capacities to improve their holding power. In order for these to elements to be strong, it is essential that the foundations be in place as well: governance efficacy and funding equity. In the second of a set of podcast episodes on this topic, IDRA president and CEO, María “Cuca” Robledo Montecel, Ph.D., describes the two school change fundamentals of governance efficacy and funding equity in the Quality School Action Framework that are required for school success. Dr. Montecel is interviewed by Aurelio Montemayor, M.Ed., director of the IDRA Texas Parent Information and Resource Center. Send comments to
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or fill out form online at www.idra.org/Podcasts. Sign up to receive free e-mail notices when new episodes are available.
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School Holding Power portal (
Texas high school level information) Designed for educators and community members to find out how well their high school campus is preparing and graduating students, what factors may be weakening school holding power, and what they can do together to address them.
Graduation for All E-letter(English/Spanish) Free monthly electronic newsletter by IDRA with up-to-date information on the dropout issue that you can use to take action in your school and community to strengthen school holding power.
Listen to every episode!
To ensure you don't miss a single episode of IDRA Classnotes, subscribe to the podcast in iTunes, (download iTunes free if you don’t have it) or sign up to receive an e-mail alert as soon as a new show is published.
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(April 7, 2009) Research tells us that certain things must be in place for schools to be successful. These elements are parent and community engagement, engagement of students, quality teaching, and curriculum quality. IDRA’s 
