IDRA Newsletter
Latest issue of the 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
Articles
School Leaders Improve English Learner Literacy with Focus on Inferencing, by Nilka Avilés, Ed.D.
Creating Effective Diverse Classrooms through Accelerated Teacher Certification, by Felix Montes, Ph.D.
Readers Theatre – Teatro en el Aula – New IDRA Semillitas de Aprendizaje Product for Young Learners
IDRA Annual Report Released: Keeping the Promise – Profiles in Leadership and Education
Extras
Podcast episodes: A Principal on Leadership for a Turnaround School – Part 1 –Episode 168 and Part 2 – Episode 169
Report: IDRA Transition to Teaching Program – 15-Year Synthesis
Infographic – Preparing Teachers to Serve Today’s Classrooms
Semillitas de Aprendizaje website, with video clips from the Storytelling & Storyreading Videos DVD
Podcast episode: Readers Theatre in Early Childhood Ed” – IDRA Classnotes Podcast #134
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Sep 28, 2018
Sep 2018
School Leaders Improve English Learner Literacy with Focus on Inferencing
• Nilka Avilés, Ed.D. • IDRA Newsletter • September 2018 • In an era of rapid educational changes and dynamic diverse … read more
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Sep 28, 2018
Sep 2018
Creating Effective Diverse Classrooms through Accelerated Teacher Certification
• Felix Montes, Ph.D. • IDRA Newsletter • September 2018 • Students in schools with fewer resources are at most … read more
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Sep 2018
Readers Theatre – Teatro en el Aula – New IDRA Semillitas de Aprendizaje™ Product for Young Learners
• IDRA Newsletter • September 2018 • Building a strong academic foundation and a strong sense of self-efficacy from an … read more
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Aug 2018
Religion Equity in Schools – Protecting Students and Their Civil Rights
• Paula Johnson, Ph.D. • IDRA Newsletter • August 2018 Many youths face bullying and harassment in school because of … read more
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Aug 2018
Religion Equity and School Dress Codes
• Sulema Carreón-Sánchez, Ph.D., and Phoebe Schlanger • IDRA Newsletter • August 2018 Historically, schools have exercised much discretion over setting … read more
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Aug 2018
Six Teens Win 2018 National Essay Contest Awards
• IDRA • IDRA Newsletter • August 2018 IDRA Coca-Cola Valued Youth Program Tutors Share Stories of the Program’s Impact … read more
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Aug 2018
Immigrant Students’ Rights to Attend Public Schools – August 2018
As schools are registering students for the next school year, IDRA is releasing this new infographic as a reminder that … read more
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Aug 2018
IDRA Newsletter 1994 Index
November – December 1994 IDRA Newsletter Articles “Making a Difference Through Effective Professional Development,” L. C. Green and R. López … read more
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Jul 2018
A History of IDRA Policy Work to Secure Excellent and Equitable Schooling for All Children
IDRA remains committed to the goal of framing and supporting essential policy and leadership issues for advocacy that will improve … read more
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Jul 2018
Beginning with the End in Mind to Establish Equitable, Excellent Education
• María “Cuca” Robledo Montecel, Ph.D., and Aurelio M. Montemayor, M.Ed. • IDRA Newsletter • June-July 2018 • IDRA at 45 Years: … read more
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