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Knowledge is Power: Book banning & Hispanic Heritage Month

What Texas’ New Book Banning Law Means for School Libraries and Student Books
Texas’ New High-Quality Instructional Materials Law is Tangled in Classroom Censorship
The Real Impact of Banning African American Studies
Hispanic Heritage Month – In the Classroom

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School Opening Alert and Resources

Immigrant Students' Rights to Attend Public Schools

As this new school year begins, this alert is a reminder that public schools, by law, must serve all children.

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Federal Education Policy Update

Highlights from our 50th Anniversary Reception in D.C.

IDRA hosted a 50th Anniversary Reception in Washington, D.C., along with host committee partners Legal Defense Fund, MALDEF, National Coalition on School Diversity, and Seek Common Ground. The reception featured a keynote address from U.S. Department of Education Deputy Secretary Cynthia “Cindy” Marten and remarks by Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández, Congressman Joaquin Castro, IDRA President & CEO Celina Moreno, and IDRA National Director of Policy, Advocacy and Community Engagement Morgan Craven.

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Teens Win 2023 National Essay Contest Awards

IDRA Valued Youth Partnership Program Tutors Share Stories of the Program's Impact on Their Lives

Six students received prizes in a national competition among participants in the IDRA Valued Youth Partnership program, a nationally-recognized cross-age tutoring program. The VYP tutors wrote about how the program helped them do better in school and how they had helped their tutees to do better.

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U.S. Supreme Court Ruling 41 Years Ago Today Confirms Immigrant Students' Rights to Attend Public Schools

Plyler v. Doe Supports High-Quality Schools

In one of those last-minute backdoor tricks, an amendment slipped through the Texas Legislature without debate in 1975 setting off a chain of events that shoved a specific selection of children out of school. Undocumented immigrant children were suddenly excluded from education.

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Trust Teachers to Provide Accurate and Inclusive Education

IDRA School Resource Hub Provides Tools for Teaching About Race and Gender

In today’s climate of classroom censorship, teachers still have a job to do to provide accurate and inclusive education for their students. IDRA developed its award-winning We All Belong – School Resource Hub by first listening to teachers and students who want lessons on history and current events about race and gender and to help provide context to discrimination they have experienced.

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IDRA Policy Priorities for Texas, Georgia and the Nation

Calling for Bold Action to Prepare All Students for a Strong Future

Since our founding 50 years ago, IDRA has provided analysis and guidance to policymakers nationally while engaging with communities, educators and students on policy issues to ensure all students have access to equitable and excellent education. IDRA recenlty released our policy priorities to promote educational justice, build excellent and equitable schools, and protect the civil rights of systemically-excluded students, particularly those who are Black, Latino and/or emergent bilingual students.