Latino and
African-American
Communities
Leading
School Reform (January 20, 2010) Traditionally, parents and community members have been invited into their neighborhood public schools to cut construction paper and sign permission forms. But communities across the south have begun to take the lead in partnership with educators to improve their own schools. IDRA has developed a process for community-based issues roundtables to catalyze local action cross-sector dialogues between African American and Latino communities, using education as common ground for collaboration.
Rosana Rodríguez, Ph.D., director of development at IDRA, and Bradley Scott, Ph.D., director of the IDRA South Central Collaborative for Equity, discuss the next phase of this work, in which IDRA is developing an online launch kit to help communities take this process upon themselves, leverage what is underway, and expand the circle of support and leadership that began the action dialogue process. Send comments to
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* Rosana offers an overview of the first phase of the community-based roundtables and cross-sector dialogues, including IDRA's work with local leaders to create action "blueprints" on critical elements of the educational process.
* Rosana explains the importance of communities, and parents, taking on leadership roles in the collaborative roundtable programs.
* Playing devil's advocate, Bradley asks Rosanna whether African Americans and Latinos can work together for effective school reform.
* Rosana outlines the launch kits being created for the second phase of the program.
* Bradley and Rosana discuss how "equals among equals" is being redefined.
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Latino and
African-American
Communities
Leading
School Reform (January 20, 2010) Traditionally, parents and community members have been invited into their neighborhood public schools to cut construction paper and sign permission forms. But communities across the south have begun to take the lead in partnership with educators to improve their own schools. IDRA has developed a process for community-based issues roundtables to catalyze local action cross-sector dialogues between African American and Latino communities, using education as common ground for collaboration.
Rosana Rodríguez, Ph.D., director of development at IDRA, and Bradley Scott, Ph.D., director of the IDRA South Central Collaborative for Equity, discuss the next phase of this work, in which IDRA is developing an online launch kit to help communities take this process upon themselves, leverage what is underway, and expand the circle of support and leadership that began the action dialogue process. 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.
* Rosana offers an overview of the first phase of the community-based roundtables and cross-sector dialogues, including IDRA's work with local leaders to create action "blueprints" on critical elements of the educational process.
* Rosana explains the importance of communities, and parents, taking on leadership roles in the collaborative roundtable programs.
* Playing devil's advocate, Bradley asks Rosanna whether African Americans and Latinos can work together for effective school reform.
* Rosana outlines the launch kits being created for the second phase of the program.
* Bradley and Rosana discuss how "equals among equals" is being redefined.
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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