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The Essential Importance of Equity , by Pl Colbert, Equity Center News & Notes The State Facilities Funding System is Long Overdue for an Extreme Makeover , Equity Center News & Notes The State of the Texas School Finance System – An Interview with F. Scott McCown , Equity Center News & Notes It’s Time for Fair Treatment for Texas Children and Taxpayers , Equity Center News & Notes Allowing Long-standing Disparities in Facilities Funding to Continue is Totally Indispensable , Equity Center News & Notes Texas School Finance Litigation Saga: Great Progress, Then Near Death by a Thousand Cuts , by Al. Kauffman The Economic Payoff of Investing In Educational Justice , by H.M. Levin, Education Researcher The Road Not Taken ,
Unequal Education: How the Legal System Shortchanges Minority Students , by E. Jones, Connections
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Classnotes Podcast
Implications of Inequitable School Funding , with Encarnación Garza, Jr. Reflections on Bilingual Education Today and Beyond , with
Adela Solís Ph.D.
Good Schools for Children Learning English , with Josie Danini Cortez, M.A.Properly Serving Secondary English Language Learners , with Abelardo Villarreal, Ph.D.Science in Early Childhood Bilingual Classrooms , with Dr. Rosalinda BarreraFostering Student Engagement English Language Learners ,
Kristin Grayson , M.Ed.
Tools and Resources for You
The Status of School Finance Equity in
Texas – A 2009 Update School Finance Reform in
Texas – IDRA Perspectives on Funding Changes Adopted by the 2009 Texas Legislature , online flip-bookTexas
School Finance Reform: An IDRA Perspective , by José A. Cárdenas, Ed.D.IDRA Principles for Fair Funding IDRA Rejects Appeals Court Conclusions about
Texas ’ Education of English Language Learner Students , statementFederal Judge Rules That Texas’ Services for its LEP Students Are Inadequate , by Albert Cortez, Ph.D., IDRA Newsletter Supreme Court Ruling in Horne vs. Flores is a Missed
Opportunity Fair Funding of Schools – Why and With What Results , by Albert Cortez, Ph.D., IDRA NewsletterOnline resources on fair funding in
Texas (get the facts about your district, background info, articles, glossary, etc.)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 Post-Legislative Session Summary on Proposed Changes to Texas Bilingual Education Monitoring Procedures, Secondary Level ESL Program Reforms, and Related Litigation, by Albert Cortez, Ph.D. (web page or pdf )
Online resources on English language learner education (rubric, instruction framework, resources on policy and litigation, resources for schools)
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