IDRA Newsletter
March 2024 Issue of the IDRA Newsletter – This Issue’s Focus: School Safety
Articles
Students Demand Safe, Supportive Schools – Student Authors Call for Ending Zero Tolerance and School-Based Policing, by Paige Duggins-Clay, J.D.
Where Some Policymakers and School Leaders Get School Safety Wrong, by Morgan Craven, J.D.
Thirty Years Later, the 1994 Gun-Free Schools Act Continues to Harm Students and Communities, by Rebekah Skelton
Extras
IDRA Valued Youth Partnership – See How VYP Improves Attendance & Socio-Emotional Learning
Bilingual Infographic: Build Safe Schools, Reject Hurtful Policies
Issue Brief: What Safe Schools Should Look Like for Every Student – A Guide to Building Safe and Welcoming Schools and Rejecting Policies that Hurt Students, by Morgan Craven, J.D.
Effective Higher Education Recruitment Strategies: Findings from a Research Study of San Antonio College
Aug 30, 2004• by Josie Danini Cortez, M.A., and Albert Cortez, Ph.D. • IDRA Newsletter • August 2004 • Hispanic students value a … read more
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Why IDRA Prints the “School Opening Alert” Every Year
Aug 30, 2004• IDRA Newsletter • August 2004 • Click here for “School Opening Alert” or “Llamada Urgente al Comienzo del Curso … read more
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A Call for Equity: Kicking the Computer Science Door Open for Girls
Aug 01, 2004• by Kathryn Brown • IDRA Newsletter • August 2004 • Sophia has been surfing the Internet since she was two years … read more
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The Role of Mentoring in Teacher Quality and Retention
Jun 30, 2004• by Adela Solis, Ph.D. • IDRA Newsletter • June – July 2004 • A severe and persistent national shortage of teachers … read more
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Not So Special Session Ends With a Whimper
Jun 30, 2004• by Albert Cortez, Ph.D. • IDRA Newsletter • June – July 2004 • Texas Governor Rick Perry convened the legislature in … read more
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Public School Teachers Who Lead
Jun 30, 2004• by Jack Dieckmann, M.A. and Aurelio M. Montemayor, M.Ed. • IDRA Newsletter • June – July 2004 • During the last … read more
Read MoreGood for Nothing In Grade Retention
Jun 30, 2004• by Lisa M. Kenneady, M.A. • IDRA Newsletter • June – July 2004 • There is no argument that we all … read more
Read MoreThe Voucher Deception
Jun 30, 2004• IDRA Newsletter • June – July 2004 • So much of what happens in our neighborhoods revolves around the … read more
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Excellent Bilingual Early Childhood Programs – A Parent Guide
May 30, 2004• by Aurelio M. Montemayor, M.Ed. • IDRA Newsletter • May 2004 • Recently, at a school meeting, a group of parents … read more
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Position is Everything: A Comment on Brown vs. Board of Education
May 30, 2004• by Bradley Scott , Ph.D. • IDRA Newsletter • May 2004 • There has been a flurry of activity around the … read more
Read MoreFulfilling the Legacy of Mendez and Brown: New Web Site Launched
May 30, 2004• IDRA Newsletter • May 2004 • IDRA has launched a new web site (www.idra.org/mendezbrown) to focus on the implications … read more
Read MoreTeachers Pressing for Quality Teaching
May 30, 2004Lessons from Content Teachers of English Language Learners Jack Dieckmann , M.A. Some jobs, like teaching, might look simple from … read more
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Teachers Pressing for Quality Teaching – Lessons from Content Teachers of English Language Learners
May 01, 2004• by Jack Dieckmann, M.A. • IDRA Newsletter • May 2004 • Editor’s Note: This article is reprinted from the May 2004 … read more
Read MoreBilingual Word Power – Research-Based Vocabulary Strategies for English Language Learners
Apr 30, 2004• by Laura Chris Green, Ph.D. • IDRA Newsletter • April 2004 • Few things have greater impact on how well one … read more
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Tutoring Reading – Valued Youth as Reading Helpers
Apr 30, 2004• by Juanita C. García , Ph.D. • IDRA Newsletter • April 2004 • The teacher wondered how her group of middle … read more
Read MoreLaredo Community Leaders Declare Support for School Funding Equity
Apr 30, 2004• IDRA Newsletter • April 2004 • The first in a series of regional forums on fair funding took place … read more
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From Dropping Out to Holding On – Seven Lessons from Texas
Apr 04, 2004• by María “Cuca” Robledo Montecel, Ph.D. • IDRA Newsletter • April 2004 • Eighteen years ago, no one knew how many … read more
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Capitalizing on Students Language and Culture Annual IDRA La Semana del Niño Early Childhood Educators Institute™
Mar 20, 2004• by José L. Rodríguez • IDRA Newsletter • March 2004 • The Hispanic population in the United States is very young. … read more
Read MoreEquity and Adequacy Concepts as Considered in School Finance Court Cases
Mar 04, 2004• by Albert H. Kauffman • IDRA Newsletter • March 2004 • The Texas Supreme Court has sent the Texas school finance … read more
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The Joy of Preschool Reading
Mar 04, 2004• by Bradley Scott, Ph.D. • IDRA Newsletter • March 2004 • Preschool children can learn to read in a way that … read more
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