Published 10 times a year, the IDRA Newsletter provides resources and insight for strengthening and transforming public education to serve students from communities that have historically been underserved like Black and Latino students and students from families with limited means. We publish our newsletter in print and online with highlights in our eNews.
Below are articles published in 2007. To find a particular article or subject this year, see the index below or use the search bar above, which covers all years.
• by Aurelio M. Montemayor, M.Ed. • IDRA Newsletter • March 2007 Parents present inter-disciplinary projects, students teach parents to use the … read more
Read More• by Aurelio M. Montemayor, M.Ed., and Josie Danini Cortez, M.A. • IDRA Newsletter • March 2007 Almost 30 years ago, as … read more
Read More• by Adela Solís, Ph.D., and Kristin Grayson, M.Ed. • IDRA Newsletter • March 2007 Two English language learner youths talk about … read more
Read More• IDRA Newsletter • February 2007 All children deserve an excellent education, and excellence is impossible without equity. Our children are … read more
Read MoreIDRA mourns the loss of Anthony Daniel Mayoral. Anthony was the student president of IDRA’s Youth Education Tekies project in … read more
Read MoreTools For ActionFair Funding In Texas, the public school funding system creates schools where the quality of education that a … read more
Read More• by José A. Cárdenas, Ed.D. • IDRA Newsletter • February 2007 Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from Texas School … read more
Read More• by Aurelio M. Montemayor, M.Ed. • IDRA Newsletter • February 2007 Accountability means answerability, responsibility and liability. Equity means being just … read more
Read More• by Albert Cortez, Ph.D. • IDRA Newsletter • February 2007 In his 1997 book, Texas School Finance Reform: An IDRA Perspective, … read more
Read MoreIn order to have student success and effective school holding power, administrators, teachers and other stakeholders must build school capacity. … read more
Read More• by Laurie Posner, MPA • IDRA Newsletter • January 2007 In Getting Excited About Data, E.L. Holcomb talks about the need … read more
Read More• by María “Cuca” Robledo Montecel, Ph.D. • IDRA Newsletter • January 2007 Editor’s note: The following are excerpts from a speech … read more
Read More• by Aurelio M. Montemayor, M.Ed. • IDRA Newsletter • January 2007 Every public school must provide the best possible education for … read more
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