Fundamentals for School Change – Podcast Episode 52 | Classnotes Podcast 52
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Classnotes Podcast (April 7, 2009) Research tells us that certain things must be in place for schools to be successful. These elements are parent and community engagement, engagement of students, quality teaching, and curriculum quality. IDRA’s Quality School Action Framework shows how communities and schools can work together to identify where these elements are weak and strengthen their schools’ capacities to improve their holding power. In order for these two elements to be strong, it is essential that the foundations be in place as well: governance efficacy and funding equity.
In the second of a set of podcast episodes on this topic, IDRA president and CEO, María “Cuca” Robledo Montecel, Ph.D., describes the two school change fundamentals of governance efficacy and funding equity in the Quality School Action Framework that are required for school success. Dr. Montecel is interviewed by Aurelio Montemayor , M.Ed., director of the IDRA Texas Parent Information and Resource Center.
Show length: 16:08.
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Resources
Quality Schools Action Framework
Developed by the Intercultural Development Research Association
http://www.idra.org/change-model/quality-schools-action-framework/
School Board Accountability for School Reform that Supports Educational Equity
By Abelardo Villarreal, Ph.D., IDRA Newsletter
http://www.idra.org/resource-center/school-board-accountability-for-school-reform/
Fair Funding for the Common Good
IDRA web site
http://www.idra.org/education_policy/fair-funding-common-good/
Strengthening Schools’ “Immune Systems” to Fight Mediocrity and Failure
By Abelardo Villarreal, Ph.D., IDRA Newsletter
http://www.idra.org/resource-center/strengthening-schools-immune-systems-to-fight-mediocrity-and-failure/
IDRA SchoolHolding Power
Web Site
http://www.idra.org/education_policy/dropout-prevention-school-holding-power/
IDRA School Holding Power portal
(Texas high school level information) – Designed for educators and community members to find out how well their high school campus is preparing and graduating students, what factors may be weakening school holding power, and what they can do together to address them.
http://www.idra.org/education_policy/dropout-prevention-school-holding-power/
Framing Systems Change for Student Success
By María “Cuca” Robledo Montecel, Ph.D.
http://www.idra.org/resource-center/framing-systems-change-for-student-success-2/
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