November – December 1996 IDRA Newsletter
Articles
Berlin Walls of the Mind, W.S. White
Bilingual Education is About Bridging and Building, M. Robledo Montecel
Obstacles to Immigrant Parent Participation in Schools, P. McCollum
Public Engagement: Making Schools Our Schools
Public Engagement Results in Support of Education for All Children, A. Cortez and A.A. Romero
Public School Choice: Keeping the Focus on Equity, A. Bastian
Top 10 Questions Parents Should Ask About Bilingual Education at Their Child’s Campus, A. Villarreal and A. Solís
What is Science Literacy?, J. Vigil
October 1996 IDRA Newsletter
Articles
Audit Reports TEA Drop Out Measure is Inaccurate
Coca-Cola Valued Youth Program Expands
Coca-Cola Valued Youth Program Receives La Promesa Award
“E Pluribus Unum” Strengthened By Multicultural Education, F. Gonzales
Endorsers of IDRA’s “Children First” Declaration
Equity and Accountability Needed to Reduce Dropout Rates, J. Supik
Improving America’s Schools Regional Conference Held
Internet Places of Interest
Our Nation on the Fault Line: Hispanic American Education Dropouts
School Finance Inequities Mean Schools Are Not Ready to Teach, M. Robledo Montecel
Up or Down: The Dropout Dilemma in Texas, R.L. Johnson
What Adults Should Know About Teenagers, A.M. Montemayor,
September 1996 IDRA Newsletter
Articles
Adult Literacy Outreach Innovations: Porque Significa Tanto, C.L. Goodman
Families United for Education…Conversations with Parents and Friends, editorial, A.M. Montemayor
Keeping the Faith: Valuing Parents, A.M. Montemayor
Mobilization for Equity Highlights, L. Ocasio
Two-way Bilingual Education: A Positive Way to “Cry Woof”, F. Gonzales
August 1996 IDRA Newsletter
Articles
Alternative Schools: Short-term Solutions with Long-Term Consequences, North Carolina Education and Law Project
Coca-Cola Valued Youth Program Tutors Carry Olympic Flame
Desegregation to Inclusion: Embracing a Full Spectrum of Diversity, L.C. Green
High Failure Rates: Quality or Ineffectiveness?, editorial, A. Villarreal
The Hopwood Case – What It Says, What It Doesn’t Say, The Future of the Case and “The Rest of the Story”, A. Kauffman
Dr. José A. Cárdenas Receives Champion of Equity Award
School Opening Alert Issued: Immigrant Students’ Right to Attend Public School
School Restructuring: A Continuing Imperative, R. Johnson
Supporting School Improvement in Reading Through Professional Development, R. López del Bosque and A. Villarreal
June – July 1996 IDRA Newsletter
Articles
Content in Context: Technology that Makes Sense in Education, F. Montes
I’d Never Really Thought about Being a Scientist, editorial, E. Rodriguez
Making Math and Science Relevant, K. Mahoney and K. Gchachu
TAAS Math Performance, L. Cantu
Texas Statewide Systemic Initiative, D. Hill
May 1996 IDRA Newsletter
Articles
CHIME (Clearinghouse for Immigrant Education): Service Provides Access to Information on the Education of Immigrant Students, A.M. Montemayor
Creative Collaboratives: Empowering Immigrant Students and Families Through Education, J. Supik and A. Cortez
Dispelling Myths about Immigrant Students, A. Carmona
Immigrant Education from the Administrators’ Perspective, P. McCollum and J. Garcia
Immigrant Education Policy: Why Attempt to Fix What’s Not Broken?, A. Cortez
Signs of Hope in Projects School, editorial, T. Keene
April 1996 IDRA Newsletter
Articles
Children of America, Take Your Mark. Ready. Set. Wait a Minute, B. Scott
Needed: A Massive Moral Movement to Leave No Child Behind, editorial, M.W. Edelman
Scientific Literacy is Child’s Play, H. Bauer
A Synergistic Multi-age Model for Minority Students, F. Montes
Technology, Teachers and Early Childhood, A. Yánez-Pérez
March 1996 IDRA Newsletter
Articles
Administrator’s Alert: Sexual Harassment is Everybody’s Business, B. Scott
Alice Dickerson Montemayor’s Feminist Challenge to LULAC in the 1930’s, C. Orozco
IDRA’s MIJA Program Expands, A. Yánez-Pérez
Women in Education Fields, L. Cantú
World Wide Web Sites on Gender Equity and Other On-line Resources on Gender Equity
February 1996 IDRA Newsletter
Articles
Affirmative Action: Not a Thing of the Past, L. Cantu
Celebrating Cultural Differences: Integrating the Language and Culture of Staff and Students in Campus Life, A.M. Montemayor
Everything Old Seems New Again…Or Is It? Recognizing Aversive Racism, B. Scott
Sparing My Children from “The Feeling,” editorial, R. Yzaguirre
January 1996 IDRA Newsletter
Articles
English Only: Conversations on the Internet, A.M. Montemayor
English Plus Information Clearinghouse Resolution on English Plus
Habla Usted Espanol? Bilingualism is a Tool for Business, A. Carmona
Language Legislation Before Congress, C. Cavazos
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