As we celebrate IDRA’s 50th anniversary this year, we are re-releasing chapters from our founder’s popular memoir, All Pianos Have Keys and Other Stories, that is now out of print. Watch our social media accounts and this page for each new release.
All Pianos Have Keys and Other Stories
By José A. Cárdenas, Ed.D., Summer 1994
Table of Contents
Personal Stories
Missing the Bus
Typing for Bill Crane
The Rules of Golf
Mister Roebuck
Lana Turner in South Texas
The Rebirth of Bustamante
El Tumio Tobin
Professional Anecdotes
The Epidemic that Never Was
Jesus Christ Was Not Bilingual
The Shape of the World
My Mother Went to Town
One Minute of Silence
Bilingual Onions
My Side of the Story
The Molly Bee Syndrome
The Verbs
A Measure of Progress
The Dining Room Table
Educational Topics
My School: Budget Monitoring At Its Best
The Road to Indio
King Antonio’s Exile
Fiesta San Antonio And Human Rights
The Fifty Most Memorable Quotes in School Finance
My Magnificent Twenty
Mike the Knife
The Analogy of the Amoeba
Basics of Motivation
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