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.
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
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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
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
Read MoreEmerging 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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Who’s Responsible, Who’s to Blame?
May 30, 2002• by Bradley Scott, Ph.D. • IDRA Newsletter • May 2002 • Recently, I watched a television program in which rescuers used … read more
Read MoreTeacher and Instructional Technology: Wise or Foolish Choices
May 30, 2002• by Laura Chris Green, Ph.D. • IDRA Newsletter • May 2002 • In 1911, Thomas Edison, inventor of the magic lantern, … read more
Read MoreConnecting Curriculum and Technology
May 30, 2002• IDRA Newsletter • May 2002 • Connecting Curriculum and Technology, excerpted from International Society for Technology in Education Essential … read more
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Arkansas Educators Explore Ways to Better Serve Their Growing Numbers of English Language Learners
Apr 30, 2002• by José L. Rodríguez • IDRA Newsletter • April 2002 • Many communities across the country are experiencing changes in their … read more
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“I Saw the Flame” Student Reflection
Apr 30, 2002• by Sofia Bahena • IDRA Newsletter • April 2002 • “I saw the flame” banners and stickers were all being distributed … read more
Read MoreTESOL Statement on Language and Literacy Development for Young English Language Learners, Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
Apr 30, 2002• IDRA Newsletter • April 2002 • Editor’s Note: The TESOL executive committee approved a new position paper addressing language … read more
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Collaborating for Educational Reform
Mar 30, 2002• by Albert Cortez, Ph.D., and Josie Danini Cortez, M.A. • IDRA Newsletter • March 2002 • What is collaboration? Why is … read more
Read MoreRecapitalizing America’s Strengths in Science and Education, The U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century
Mar 30, 2002• IDRA Newsletter • March 2002 • The scale and nature of the ongoing revolution in science and technology, and … read more
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Mathematics Achievement for All? Yes!
Mar 30, 2002• by Jack Dieckmann, M.A. • IDRA Newsletter • March 2002 • Developing students as flexible, fluent and resourceful mathematical thinkers, ready … read more
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Children-Based Reform Can Standards Meet It?
Mar 30, 2002• by Micaela Díaz-Sanchez and Aurelio M. Montemayor, M.Ed. • IDRA Newsletter • March 2002 • “When I started out as a … read more
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Successful Bilingual Education Programs – Indicators of Success at the School Level, Part Three
Feb 20, 2002• by María Robledo Montecel, Ph.D. and Josie Danini Cortez, M.A. • IDRA Newsletter • February 2002 • This is the last … read more
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Binational Collaboration Prepares New Teachers
Jan 30, 2002• by Linda Cantú, M.A. • IDRA Newsletter • February 2002 • Education leaders in Mexico and the United States have forged … read more
Read MoreTABE Awards Dr. María Robledo Montecel for Community Advocacy
Jan 30, 2002• IDRA Newsletter • January 2002 • María “Cuca” Robledo Montecel, Ph.D., executive director of the Intercultural Development Research Association … read more
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Engaged Accountability: Practices and Policies to Open Doors to Higher Education
Jan 30, 2002• by Rosana G. Rodríguez, Ph.D. and Abelardo Villarreal, Ph.D. • IDRA Newsletter • January 2002 • The 2000 Census tells us … read more
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Successful Bilingual Education Programs – Indicators of Success at the School Level, Part Two
Jan 20, 2002• by María Robledo Montecel, Ph.D. and Josie Danini Cortez, M.A. • IDRA Newsletter • January 2002 • Editor’s Note: Recently, the … read more
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Indicators of Success at the School Level – Indicators of Success at the School Level
Nov 30, 2001• María Robledo Montecel, Ph.D., and Josie Danini Cortez, M.A. • IDRA Newsletter • November- December 2001 • Editor’s Note: Last year, the … read more
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