IDRA Newsletter
March 2024 Issue of the IDRA Newsletter – This Issue’s Focus: School Safety
Articles
Students Demand Safe, Supportive Schools – Student Authors Call for Ending Zero Tolerance and School-Based Policing, by Paige Duggins-Clay, J.D.
Where Some Policymakers and School Leaders Get School Safety Wrong, by Morgan Craven, J.D.
Thirty Years Later, the 1994 Gun-Free Schools Act Continues to Harm Students and Communities, by Rebekah Skelton
Extras
IDRA Valued Youth Partnership – See How VYP Improves Attendance & Socio-Emotional Learning
Bilingual Infographic: Build Safe Schools, Reject Hurtful Policies
Issue Brief: What Safe Schools Should Look Like for Every Student – A Guide to Building Safe and Welcoming Schools and Rejecting Policies that Hurt Students, by Morgan Craven, J.D.
Texans Testify on NCLB’s Impact on Children
Jan 08, 2005• IDRA Newsletter • January 2005 Across the country recently, hundreds of people voiced their opinions on the No Child Left … read more
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Retentions in Grade- Continuing Dysfunctional Educational Responses in Texas
Jan 06, 2005• by Albert Cortez, Ph.D., and Josie D. Cortez, M.A. • IDRA Newsletter • January 2005 In November 2004, the Texas Education Agency … read more
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The Two Faces of NCLB
Jan 06, 2005• by Kathryn Brown • IDRA Newsletter • January 2005 Put aside for a moment the many arguments about how the No … read more
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Communities Can Influence the Impact of NCLB
Jan 06, 2005• by María “Cuca” Robledo Montecel, Ph.D. • IDRA Newsletter • January 2005 Editor’s Note: In September 2004, the Intercultural Development Research … read more
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Teachers Pressing for Quality Teaching- Lessons from Content Teachers of English Language Learners
Jan 01, 2005• by Abelardo Villarreal, Ph.D. • IDRA Newsletter • January 2005 Two years ago, the No Child Left Behind Act became law … read more
Read MoreIDRA Newsletter 2004 Index
Dec 26, 2004November-December 2004 IDRA Newsletter – Public Policy See PDF of this issue Articles District Court Demands Increased State Investment – … read more
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Major Education Issues Before the Texas Legislature in 2004
Nov 30, 2004• by Albert Cortez, Ph.D. • IDRA Newsletter • November – December 2004 • As we begin the run up to the … read more
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Research Findings – Part III, Expectations Drive Effective College Recruitment Strategies
Nov 30, 2004• by Albert Cortez, Ph.D., and Josie Danini Cortez, M.A. • IDRA Newsletter • November – December 2004 • Colleges need to … read more
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Contemporary Civil Rights Challenges of Brown vs. Board of Education, School Leaders Identify Current Issues
Nov 30, 2004• by Bradley Scott, Ph.D. • IDRA Newsletter • November – December 2004 • School leaders from five states gathered recently to … read more
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District Court Demands Increased State Investment – All Our Children Deserve an Excellent, Equity Education
Nov 30, 2004• by María “Cuca” Robledo Montecel, Ph.D. • IDRA Newsletter • November – December 2004 • Editor’s Note: At press time, Travis … read more
Read MoreChoking the Life Out of Classrooms
Nov 30, 2004• by Sylvia Bruni • IDRA Newsletter • November – December 2004 • A Letter to the President Editor’s Note: The following … read more
Read MoreCoca-Cola VYP Celebrates 20 Years of Keeping Students in School
Oct 30, 2004• IDRA Newsletter • October 2004 • As the struggle to keep many young people in school continues to face … read more
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Research Findings – Part II, Effective College Recruitment Strategies
Oct 30, 2004• by Albert Cortez, Ph.D., and Josie Danini Cortez, M.A. • IDRA Newsletter • October 2004 • Despite recruitment efforts, a San … read more
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Texas School Holding Power Improves – But Progress is Slow Texas Public School Attrition Study, 2003-04
Oct 30, 2004• by Roy L. Johnson, M.S. • IDRA Newsletter • October 2004 • For the third straight year, the statewide attrition rate … read more
Read MoreMinority Women in Science: Forging the Way – Marianita Chee’s Story
Sep 30, 2004• IDRA Newsletter • September 2004 • Excerpt from the IDRA publication, Minority Women in Science: Forging the Way My … read more
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Creating Passages for Young Minority Girls
Sep 30, 2004• by Bradley Scott, Ph.D. • IDRA Newsletter • September 2004 • The gender gap – what is it? After all … read more
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Can Everyone Master Mathematics?
Sep 30, 2004• by Jack Dieckmann, M.A., and Aurelio M. Montemayor, M.Ed. • IDRA Newsletter • September 2004 • Twenty secondary math and … read more
Read MoreIDRA Partners with the NDPC for Students with Disabilities
Sep 30, 2004• IDRA Newsletter • September 2004 • For almost 20 years, the Intercultural Development Research Association has worked with schools … read more
Read MoreInnovations in Intervention Settings
Sep 30, 2004• by Katherine Darke and Beatriz Chu • IDRA Newsletter • September 2004 • By the time they reach school, boys and … read more
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Texas Continues to Slip in Education Funding Ranking
Aug 30, 2004• by Albert Cortez, Ph.D. • IDRA Newsletter • August 2004 • A recent report produced by the U.S. Census Bureau … read more
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