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Latest News Releases
High School Attrition Continues Downward Trend, Effect of Recent Budget Cuts Looms: Texas Public School Attrition Study, 2010-11, Released by IDRA (November 29, 2011)
Young Tutors Win National Essay Contest Award (May 18, 2011)
Five Texas Regions Have Persistently High Student Attrition Rates – Racial-Ethnic Gaps Have Increased in all Regions (April 5, 2011)
Latest Statements
Fair Funding is Essential to Having Excellent Schools for All
Texas Students
Immigrant Students' Rights to Attend Public Schools
Texas
School
Funding Must Serve All Students Equitably
Don't Repeat Past Wrongs in Texas Education – Insufficient Attention and Lack of Investment in Education Helped Put Texas Where it is
IDRA Rejects Appeals Court Conclusions about Texas’ Education of English Language Learner Students
Latest Testimony and Speeches
Opportunity Matters: The Call to Increase Excellence and Equity
Testimony by the Intercultural Development Research Association, June 8, 2011
Equal Access to a Quality Education – The Civil Rights Issue of Our Generation
Keynote Address, by Dr. María Robledo Montecel, President, Intercultural Development Research Association, March 29, 2011
Testimony of IDRA on Senate SB53 by Senator Zaffirini, presented by Albert Cortez Ph.D., IDRA Policy Director, before the Texas Senate Education Committee, March 31, 2011
Keynote Address – Texas Association of Chicanos in Higher Education
¡YA! Es Tiempo – The Courage to Connect
Popular Topics
Bio and Photos
Dr. María "Cuca" Robledo Montecel, IDRA President & CEO
IDRA staff
Media contact
Christie L. Goodman, APR, at christie.goodman@idra.org or 210-444-1710, ext. 1705.
Published Research Studies
- Annual attrition study: High School Attrition Continues Downward Trend – Universal High School Graduation is Still a Quarter of a Century Away
- Regional attrition study: High School Attrition Rates Across
Texas
Education
Service
Center
Regions, 2009-10
- The Status of School Finance Equity in Texas – A 2009 Update (see related news release) (Texas, 2009)
- Post-Legislative Session Summary on Proposed Changes to Texas Bilingual Education Monitoring Procedures, Secondary Level ESL Program Reforms, and Related Litigation (Texas, 2009)
- Education of English Language Learners in U.S. and Texas Schools – Where We Are, What We Have Learned and Where We Need to Go from Here – A 2009 Update (National & Texas, 2009)
- Disciplinary Alternative Education Programs in Texas – A 2009 Update (Texas, 2009)
- Top Ten Percent Plan in Texas, multiple reports (Texas, 2009)
- IDRA Early Childhood Centers of Excellence Model (2005-06)
- The New State of Illiteracy in San Antonio and in the Nation (National & San Antonio, 2005)
- Good School and Classrooms for Children Learning English (National, 2001)
- Disciplinary Alternative Education Programs in Texas - What is Known; What is Needed (Texas, 1999)
- Missing: Texas Youth - Dropout and Attrition in Texas Public High Schools (Texas, 1999)
- Failing Our Children - Finding Alternatives to In-Grade Retention (National, 1999)
- Students for Sale - The Use of Public Money for Private Schooling (National, 1999)
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IDRA is an independent, private non-profit organization, directed by María Robledo Montecel, Ph.D., dedicated to creating schools that work for all children. We are deeply concerned with the education and well-being of all children and youth – particularly those who are poor, minority or limited-English-proficient.
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