IDRA News Releases and Advisories
Click the links below to read IDRA’s news releases and media advisories. Recieve IDRA news releases by e-mail or RSS feed.
10/21/08
At Current Pace, Schools Will Lose Many More Generations of Students
10/10/08
Community-based College Access and Computer Centers
College Rocks! Fair
7/31/08
All Texas Students Must be Accounted For
05/22/08
Eight Texas Regional Attrition Rates Worse than Two Decades Ago
02/28/08
New Podcast for Educators
10/30/07
Texas School Holding Power Worse than Two Decades Ago – Texas Public School Attrition Study, 2006-07
New Online Tool Gives Actionable Data for School-Community Teams to Improve Texas Schools – IDRA Launches Web Portal to Support Efforts to Strengthen School Holding Power
05/02/07
Media Advisory – Policy Brief on Released on Ten Percent Plan in Texas
01/19/07
Media Advisory – Issue Briefing: A Legislative Briefing on the Texas Dropout Crisis
01/09/07
Coalition-Building for Education: Blueprints for Action, Little Rock, Arkansas (January 19, 2007)
10/04/06
Race-Ethnicity Gap Among Dropouts Continues to Grow – Texas Public School Attrition Study, 2005-06 (Electronic release version) (Traditional release html, doc, pdf)
12/08/05
Successful Dropout Prevention Program Comes to Detroit – Community Leaders Breakfast and Tutoring Demonstration Held
12/07/05
Coca-Cola Valued Youth Program Addresses Dropout Prevention in Detroit Public Schools at Community Event
11/4/05
Communities & Schools Must Work Together to Graduate All Students – Latest Texas Attrition Data Released; Nov 4-5 Summit to Support Community-Based Leadership for Student Success – San Antonio
11/02/05
Advisory: Texas Schools are Losing a Student Every Four Minutes – IDRA Releases Attrition Data and Holds Summit for Solutions
Advisory: Summit on School Holding Power and Dropout Prevention
7/22/05
School Reform Isn’t Acceptable if It Isn’t Equitable – Statement on the Closing of the First 2005 Texas Legislative Special Session
6/21/05
Equity and Excellence for All Texas Students – Statement regarding school funding special session
2/2/05
Leaders Unveil Plans for Education of Latinos
1/31/05
Advisory: Leaders Will Release Policy Solutions for Education of Latinos