IDRA Newsletter 2002 Archives

College Success

Jan 30, 2004

• by María Robledo Montecel, Ph.D. • IDRA Newsletter • January 2002 • I always knew I would go to college. I … read more

IDRA Newsletter 2002 Index

Dec 30, 2002

November-December 2002 IDRA Newsletter – Community Engagement Articles Closing the Graduation Gap for Latino Students, Pam McCollum, Ph.D., and Rosana … read more

Closing the Graduation Gap for Latino Students

Nov 30, 2002

• by Pam McCollum, Ph.D., and Rosana G. Rodríguez, Ph.D. • IDRA Newsletter • November – December 2002 • Rather than using the … read more

Improving Educational Impact through Community and Family Engagement

Nov 30, 2002

• by Rosana G. Rodríguez, Ph.D., and Abelardo Villarreal, Ph.D. • IDRA Newsletter • November – December 2002 • As the discussion on … read more

Texas State Board of Education Approves Course Credit for Coca-Cola Valued Youth Program

Oct 30, 2002

• IDRA Newsletter • October 2002 • The Texas State Board of Education has approved the Coca-Cola Valued Youth Program as … read more

ACCESS – San Antonio A Community Collaborates for Student Success

Oct 30, 2002

• by Josie Danini Cortez, M.A., and Albert Cortez, Ph.D. • IDRA Newsletter • October 2002 • Collaborations among educators, families and community … read more

Texas Schools Have Weak Holding Power: Texas Public School Attrition Study: 2001-02

Oct 30, 2002

• by Roy L. Johnson, M.S. • IDRA Newsletter • October 2002 • Two of every five students of the freshman class of … read more

School Holding Power Goal Unachieved in Texas

Oct 30, 2002

• by Roy L. Johnson, M.S. • IDRA Newsletter • October 2002 • Is asking schools to graduate 90 percent to 95 percent … read more

Dropping Out of School in Arizona: IDRA Conducts New Study

Sep 30, 2002

• by Albert Cortez, Ph.D., Josie Danini Cortez, M.A., and María Robledo Montecel, Ph.D. • IDRA Newsletter • September 2002 • Arizona … read more

Educational Technology – An International Conversation

Sep 30, 2002

• by Felix Montes, Ph.D., and Linda Cantú, M.A. • IDRA Newsletter • September 2002 • Technology is an integral part of … read more

Texas Needs Diplomas Not Delusions

Sep 11, 2002

• by Testimony María “Cuca” Robledo Montecel, Ph.D. • IDRA Newsletter • September 2002 • Presented to the Texas State Board of … read more

Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills: The Next Stage in Texas’ Challenge to Meet High Standards

Aug 30, 2002

• by Adela Solís, Ph.D. • IDRA Newsletter • August 2002 • The curtain is closing on Texas’ famous Texas Assessment of … read more

A Strategy of Support for Publicly-Funded Charter Schools

Aug 30, 2002

• by Bradley Scott, Ph.D. • IDRA Newsletter • August 2002 • Publicly-funded charter schools are one of the public school options … read more

Excelling English Language Learners: An Innovative Professional Development Program

Aug 30, 2002

• by Jack Dieckmann, M.A. • IDRA Newsletter • August 2002 • Scenario 1: You are a high school American history teacher … read more

The Dangerous Consequences of High-Stakes Testing, FairTest, the National Center for Fair and Open Testing

Aug 30, 2002

IDRA Newsletter • August 2002 • Tests are called “high-stakes” when they are used to make major decisions about a … read more

Special Tribute to Albert H. Kauffman

Aug 30, 2002

IDRA Newsletter • August 2002 • In any society, social change arrives not on its own, but with the toil … read more

Holding the Line: School Finance Reform in Texas

Jun 30, 2002

• by Albert Cortez, Ph.D. • IDRA Newsletter • June – July 2002 • Some people attribute Texas’ school funding challenges to … read more

Supreme Court Ruling Bad for Neighborhood Public Schools

Jun 30, 2002

• by María Robledo Montecel, Ph.D. • IDRA Newsletter • June – July 2002 • IDRA is deeply disappointed by the Supreme … read more

“They Believed in Us” Student Reflection

Jun 30, 2002

• by Yanessa Romero • IDRA Newsletter • June – July 2002 • Before I ever stepped foot on the Fox Technical … read more

Emerging Gender Issues in Education

May 30, 2002

• by Aurora Yáñez, M.A. • IDRA Newsletter • May 2002 • Editor’s Note: IDRA assistant research associate Aurora Yáñez interviewed Ms. … read more

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