October 2018 IDRA Newsletter – This month’s focus: College Preparation
“We must make sure that every student has access to high-quality teaching and a quality curriculum that prepares them for post-secondary education. As researchers, we play a critical role by examining policies and practices that contribute to students’ success or failure. Together, the future is in our hands.” – Dr. María “Cuca” Robledo Montecel, IDRA President and CEO
September 2018 IDRA Newsletter – This month’s focus: English Learner Literacy
“English learners are one of the lowest academically performing groups of students, and the achievement gap widens as students progress through school. Equal access to a quality education is the civil rights issue of our generation, and we must work in every way to make educational opportunity a reality.” – Dr. María “Cuca” Robledo Montecel, IDRA President and CEO
August 2018 IDRA Newsletter – This month’s focus: Religion Equity
“We live to some purpose: Helping schools work for all children and valuing children, educators, families and communities. We care deeply about children and believe that the lives and choices of many hang in the balance of what you and I as educators are able to provide today.” – Dr. María “Cuca” Robledo Montecel, IDRA President and CEO
“As we complete 45 years, IDRA continues to stand against educational injustice, inequality and lack of excellence for all. Schools can matter and succeed with a new vision created by people who believe that all children are valuable, that all people can contribute, and that public education can indeed change things, including futures.” – Dr. María “Cuca” Robledo Montecel, IDRA President and CEO
IDRA at 45 Years: Courageous Connections for Advocacy
May 2018 IDRA Newsletter – This month’s focus: Rejecting a Return to Tracking
“We must make sure that every student has access to high-quality teaching and a quality curriculum that prepares them for post-secondary education.” – Dr. María “Cuca” Robledo Montecel, IDRA President and CEO
April 2018 IDRA Newsletter – This month’s focus: Institutional Grit
“Regrettably, some researchers and school administrators around the country are thinking only about assessing students’ grit and resilience. They are already assuming that students are lacking, rather than exploring how schools must change.” – Dr. María “Cuca” Robledo Montecel, IDRA President and CEO
“The United States is still uniquely committed to one education system that prepares us all for living in a great democracy. We must preserve this commitment.” – Dr. María “Cuca” Robledo Montecel, IDRA President and CEO
“Children need places and spaces that are safe, that are nurturing, that welcome them as they are.” – Dr. María “Cuca” Robledo Montecel, IDRA President and CEO
“Children need places and spaces that are safe, that are nurturing, that welcome them as they are.” – Dr. María “Cuca” Robledo Montecel, IDRA President and CEO