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.
Everything I Need to Know About Leadership Development I Learned In San Felipe
Oct 04, 1997• by Blandina “Bambi” Cárdenas, Ph.D. • IDRA Newsletter • October 1997 On most measures, I consider myself a woman of great good … read more
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Texas Dropout Alert: Where are the 147,000 Students Lost From the Freshman Class of 1993-94?
Oct 03, 1997• by Roy Johnson, M.A. • IDRA Newsletter • October 1997 The 10th annual attrition study conducted by the Intercultural Development Research Association … read more
Read MoreIDRA Technical Assistance Available on Using Technology Effectively on Your Campus
Oct 02, 1997• IDRA Newsletter • October 1997 So, you understand the need for your school to have access to technology. And you … read more
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Coca-Cola Valued Youth Program: “Because All Children Are Valuable”
Oct 01, 1997• by Linda Cantu, MA • IDRA Newsletter • October 1997 In 1984, the Intercultural Development Research Association (IDRA) began the Coca-Cola Valued … read more
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Parents Speak Out: Quality Education for All Children
Sep 07, 1997• by Anna Alicia Romero • IDRA Newsletter • September 1997 Editor’s Note: A dream becomes reality: Families from diverse backgrounds work together … read more
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The Nurturing of Parent Leadership
Sep 06, 1997• by Aurelio M. Montemayor, M.Ed. • IDRA Newsletter • September 1997 For many years, IDRA has operated a model of parent … read more
Read MoreWhat It Means to be Una Persona Educada
Sep 05, 1997• by Carmen Prieto, Cortez, Ph.D. • IDRA Newsletter • September 1997 Editor’s Note: This issue of the IDRA Newsletter, focusing on parent, … read more
Read MoreSchool Improvement, Parent Involvement and Prevention
Sep 04, 1997• by Dorothy L. Knight, MS and Joseph L. Vigil, MS • IDRA Newsletter • September 1997 Community action as a means of … read more
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STAR Center Parent Involvement Activities
Sep 03, 1997• by Pam McCollum, Ph.D. • IDRA Newsletter • September 1997 One of the STAR Center’s priority areas is parent, family and community … read more
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Two Innovative El Paso Schools Bring Together Teachers and the Community
Sep 02, 1997• by Pam McCollum, Ph.D. • IDRA Newsletter • September 1997 In 1993, IDRA received funds from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to … read more
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Thinking About Learning: The Community and Academic Standards
Sep 01, 1997• by Oanh H. Maroney and Aurelio M. Montemayor, M.Ed. • IDRA Newsletter • September 1997 Educating our children requires active involvement from … read more
Read MorePolicies Affecting Bilingual Education and ESL Programs
Aug 05, 1997• by Elisa de León Gutiérrez • IDRA Newsletter • August 1997 In the past 30 years there have been many influences affecting … read more
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Equal Access: Mask of Discrimination
Aug 04, 1997• by Oscar M. Cárdenas • IDRA Newsletter • August 1997 It is the first day of the 1997-1998 school year in the … read more
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Hispanic Dropouts: Addressing the Leak in the Pipeline to Higher Education
Aug 03, 1997• by María Robledo Montecel, Ph.D. • IDRA Newsletter • August 1997 Editor’s Note: In June, IDRA submitted testimony to the U.S. House … read more
Read MoreSexual Harassment Policies and Schools
Aug 02, 1997• by María Aurora Yánez-Pérez, M.A. • IDRA Newsletter • August 1997 Sexual harassment in schools, as in the workplace, has definitely taken … read more
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Texas Legislature Considers Much for Education, Accomplishes Little
Aug 01, 1997• by Albert Cortez, Ph.D. and Anna Alicia Romero • IDRA Newsletter • August 1997 The Texas legislative session that ended in the … read more
Read MoreWhatever it Takes!
Jun 04, 1997• by Joseph F. Johnson, Jr., Ph.D. • IDRA Newsletter • June- July 1997 I will never forget our principal, Bernadine Hawthorne, as … read more
Read MoreLow Income Does Not Cause Low School Achievement: Creating a Sense of Family and Respect in the School Environment
Jun 03, 1997• by Anita Tijerina Revilla, MA, and Yvette De La Garza Sweeney • IDRA Newsletter • June- July 1997 Current research on the … read more
Read MoreHigh Poverty, High Performing High Hope!
Jun 02, 1997• by Hilaria Bauer, MA • IDRA Newsletter • June- July 1997 Traditionally, poor students have been deprived of academically challenging opportunities. One … read more
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Principal of National Blue Ribbon School Says High Poverty Schools Can Excel
Jun 01, 1997• IDRA Newsletter • June- July 1997 Editor’s note: Mary Hull Elementary School in San Antonio is one of 262 schools … read more
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