IDRA Newsletter Articles on Dropout Prevention and Recovery

“All Students Deserve a Chance – Don’t Be a Gate Keeper!”
Rogelio López del Bosque, Ed.D.
IDRA Newsletter ( San Antonio, Texas: Intercultural Development Research Association, June-July 2010)

“Texas Public School Attrition Study, 2008-09 – Overall Attrition Rate Declines, But Gaps Persist Among Racial and Ethnic Groups”
By Roy L. Johnson , M.S.
IDRA Newsletter (San Antonio , Texas : Intercultural Development Research Association, October 2009)

“Holding On to the Goal of Quality Education for Every Child”
By María “Cuca” Robledo Montecel, Ph.D.
IDRA Newsletter (San Antonio , Texas : Intercultural Development Research Association, September 2009)

“Hold On – Changing Course to Raise Graduation Rates”
By Laurie Posner , M.P.A.
IDRA Newsletter (San Antonio , Texas : Intercultural Development Research Association, October 2008)

“Our Power is Now – Joint African American and Latino Leadership in Education”
By R.G. Rodríguez, Ph.D., and By Bradley Scott , Ph.D.
IDRA Newsletter ( San Antonio , Texas : Intercultural Development Research Association, June-July 2008)

“Disciplinary Alternative Education Programs in Texas”
by Albert Cortez, Ph.D., and Josie Danini Cortez, M.A.
IDRA Newsletter ( San Antonio , Texas : Intercultural Development Research Association, May 2008)

“Knowledge for Action – Organizing School-Community Partnerships Around Quality Data”
by Laurie Posner , M.P.A., and Hector Bojorquez
IDRA Newsletter ( San Antonio , Texas : Intercultural Development Research Association, January 2008)

“Texas Education Agency-Reported Dropout Count Swells”
by Roy L. Johnson , M.S.
IDRA Newsletter ( San Antonio , Texas : Intercultural Development Research Association, October 2007)

“Defying Conventions for Policies and Programs Intending to Strengthen School Dropout Prevention”
by Abelardo Villarreal , Ph.D., and Rosana G. Rodríguez, Ph.D.
IDRA Newsletter (San Antonio , Texas : Intercultural Development Research Association, September 2007)

“Valuing Youth with Disabilities – Educational Outcomes and the Art of Culture”
By Laurie Posner , MPA
IDRA Newsletter (San Antonio , Texas : Intercultural Development Research Association, September 2007)

“Graduation for All Students – Dropout Prevention and Student Engagement Strategies and the Reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act”
By María “Cuca” Robledo Montecel, Ph.D.
IDRA Newsletter (San Antonio , Texas : Intercultural Development Research Association, June-July 2007)

“Expanding Blueprints for Action – Children’s Outcomes, Access, Treatment, Learning, Resources, Accountability”
By Rosana G. Rodríguez, Ph.D., and Bradley Scott , Ph.D.
IDRA Newsletter (San Antonio , Texas : Intercultural Development Research Association, May 2007)

“Framing Systems Change for Student Success”      
By María "Cuca" Robledo Montecel, Ph.D.
IDRA Newsletter ( San Antonio , Texas : Intercultural Development Research Association, January 2007)

“The Impact of Focused Educational Assistance”
By Bradley Scott , Ph.D.
(San Antonio , Texas : Intercultural Development Research Association, February 2006)

“A Quality Schools Action Framework – Framing Systems Change for Student Success”
By María “Cuca” Robledo Montecel, Ph.D.
(San Antonio , Texas : Intercultural Development Research Association, November-December February 2005)