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IDRA Newsletter 2005

Published 10 times a year, the IDRA Newsletter provides resources and insight for strengthening and transforming public education to serve students from communities that have historically been underserved like Black and Latino students and students from families with limited means. We publish our newsletter in print and online with highlights in our eNews.

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Below are articles published in 2005. To find a particular article or subject this year, see below or use the search bar above, which covers all years.

Reading Early for Academic Development- Creating Classrooms of Excellence

Mar 01, 2005

• by José L. Rodríguez, M.A. • IDRA Newsletter • March 2005 Centers of excellence in schools are dynamic places. They are … read more

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Educating English Language Learners in Texas Public Schools – Unified Position Statement on Bilingual-ESL Education

Feb 21, 2005

• by Texas Coalition for Bilingual Education • IDRA Newsletter • February 2005 Editor’s Note: The following is a position statement by the … read more

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Round Six and Holding – The State District Court Ruling in West Orange-Cove vs. Neeley

Feb 10, 2005

• by Albert Cortez, Ph. D. • IDRA Newsletter • February 2005 Late last November 2004, Judge John Dietz issued his long … read more

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The Fifty Most Memorable Quotes in School Finance

Feb 01, 2005

• by José A. Cárdenas, Ed.D. • IDRA Newsletter • February 2005 Editor’s Note: This article was first printed in the May … read more

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Texans Testify on NCLB’s Impact on Children

Jan 08, 2005

• IDRA Newsletter • January 2005 Across the country recently, hundreds of people voiced their opinions on the No Child Left … read more

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Retentions in Grade- Continuing Dysfunctional Educational Responses in Texas

Jan 06, 2005

• by Albert Cortez, Ph.D., and Josie D. Cortez, M.A. • IDRA Newsletter • January 2005 In November 2004, the Texas Education Agency … read more

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The Two Faces of NCLB

Jan 06, 2005

• by Kathryn Brown • IDRA Newsletter • January 2005 Put aside for a moment the many arguments about how the No … read more

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Communities Can Influence the Impact of NCLB

Jan 06, 2005

• by María “Cuca” Robledo Montecel, Ph.D.  • IDRA Newsletter • January 2005 Editor’s Note: In September 2004, the Intercultural Development Research … read more

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Teachers Pressing for Quality Teaching- Lessons from Content Teachers of English Language Learners

Jan 01, 2005

• by Abelardo Villarreal, Ph.D. • IDRA Newsletter • January 2005 Two years ago, the No Child Left Behind Act became law … read more

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Tools for Action

Nov 30, 1999

Excellent Instruction in Early Childhood Adult literacy levels have improved in recent years, but illiteracy and low literacy persist as … read more

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Tools for Action

Nov 30, 1999

Excellent Instruction in Early Childhood Research on brain development in the last decade has confirmed what many parents, educators and … read more

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Tools for Action

Nov 30, 1999

Accept No Less – A Quality Education for All This past year, a special legislative session and district court case … read more

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Tools for Action

Nov 30, 1999

Quality Teaching More than 15 years of research makes clear that quality teaching is “inextricably linked” with quality learning and … read more

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