These materials from 2017 are featured in IDRA’s Annual Report: Keeping the Promise – Profiles in Leadership and Education.
Along with the attrition study, this year IDRA analyzed data for charter schools in the state finding that the Class of 2016 saw graduation rates of 62 percent in charter schools compared to 90 percent in traditional public schools.
Texas Public School Attrition study 2016-17
Charter School Study – Pomp and Poor Circumstances
Timeline for the Class of 2017
Texas Divestment in Public Education
5 Steps on How to Start an Education CAFE
5 Reasons Research Shows Teacher Leave
Booklet: IDRA Education CAFE Start-Up Packet (two versions: English, Spanish) – available upon request
Map Tool: Student-Teacher Demographic Diversity Gap
Online Tool: Students in All Senatorial Districts Benefit Greatly from the Top Ten Percent Plan
Online Tool: IDRA Penny Power Tool
Online Tool: Trend graphs: See attrition rates and numbers over the last eight years
Factsheet: Texas School Finance – What to do about “Recapture”
List: Resources on Preventing and Responding to Cyberbullying in Schools
List: Sources of Education Data
Tool: Asking Questions of Student Data
Tool: Four Stages of Writing
Booklet of the 2017 Winning Coca-Cola Valued Youth Program Essays
Video: Unfair Funding – A Brief Tale (student creation)
Tool: How to Comment on the Texas ESSA Plan
List: Resources on Preventing and Responding to Cyberbullying in Schools
A Principal on Leadership for a Turnaround School – Part 2 – Podcast Episode 169
How Inclusive Education Shapes Teaching in Diverse Classrooms – Podcast Episode 170
Taking Project Based Learning Schoolwide – Podcast Episode 171
Using Socioeconomic Status for School Integration – Podcast Episode 172
Skills Needed for Teaching in Diverse Classrooms – Podcast Episode 173
Authentic Family Engagement through Education CAFEs – Podcast Episode 174
5 Strategies for College Readiness in Diverse Schools – Podcast Episode 175
Supporting LGBTQ Students Faced with Harassment – Podcast Episode 176
Capacity Building Among School Leadership – Podcast Episode 177