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.
A Measuring Stick for Standards and TEKS: Meeting the Needs of Second Language Learners
Feb 01, 1997• by Laura Chris Green, Ph.D. and Adela Solis, Ph.D. • IDRA Newsletter • February 1997 Educational reform initiatives in the 1990s have … read more
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Dr. Arturo Madrid Receives Prestigious NEH Award
Jan 05, 1997• IDRA Newsletter • January 1997 Dr. Arturo Madrid received the Charles Frankel Prize presented by President Bill Clinton in a … read more
Read MoreThe Whole School, The Whole Child
Jan 04, 1997• by Elfida Gutierrez • IDRA Newsletter • January 1997 Editor’s Note: The following is excerpted from an interview of Mrs. Elfida Gutierrez, … read more
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IDRA’s Project FLAIR: Professional Development Model Addresses Literacy Development from a Schoolwide PerspectiveAIR
Jan 03, 1997• by Rogelio López del Bosque, Ed.D. • IDRA Newsletter • January 1997 Schoolwide programs focus on the needs of students in high-poverty … read more
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A Different Kind of Will: Educational Equity and the School Reform Movement
Jan 02, 1997• by Bradley Scott, MA • IDRA Newsletter • January 1997 This country is in a time of great change and flux. Nowhere … read more
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Schoolwide Projects: A Challenge for Administrators on Campuses with LEP Students
Jan 01, 1997• by Abelardo Villarreal, Ph.D. • IDRA Newsletter • January 1997 On a healthy body, a simple band-aid will help the healing of … read more
Read MoreIDRA Newsletter 1996 Index
Dec 19, 1996November – December 1996 IDRA Newsletter Articles Berlin Walls of the Mind, W.S. White Bilingual Education is About Bridging and … read more
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Public Engagement Results in Support of Education for All Children
Nov 30, 1996• by Albert Cortez, Ph.D. and Anna Alicia Romero • IDRA Newsletter • November – December 1996 • U.S. lawmakers recently … read more
Read MorePublic School Choice: Keeping the Focus on Equity
Nov 30, 1996• by Ann Bastian • IDRA Newsletter • November – December 1996 • Being asked to write an article against school choice … read more
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Bilingual Education is About Bridging and Building
Nov 30, 1996• by María Robledo Montecel, Ph.D. • IDRA Newsletter • November – December 1996 • Editor’s Note: Dr. Robledo Montecel delivered the … read more
Read MoreWhat is Science Literacy?
Nov 30, 1996• by Joseph Vigil • IDRA Newsletter • November – December 1996 • At the 1989 University of Nova commencement exercises, a marine … read more
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Top 10 Questions Parents Should Ask About Bilingual Education at their Child’s Campus
Nov 30, 1996• by Abelardo Villarreal, Ph.D. and Adela Solis, Ph.D. • IDRA Newsletter • November – December 1996 • Parental involvement in education provides … read more
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Obstacles to Immigrant Parent Participation in Schools
Nov 30, 1996• by Pam McCollum, Ph.D. • IDRA Newsletter • November – December 1996 • Educators are sensitive to charges that they fail … read more
Read MoreBerlin Walls of the Mind
Nov 30, 1996• by William S. White • IDRA Newsletter • November – December 1996 • The Berlin Wall. What does it mean to … read more
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School Finance Inequities Mean Schools Are Not Ready to Teach
Oct 30, 1996• by María Robledo Montecel, Ph.D. • IDRA Newsletter • October 1996 • Editor’s Note: In September, IDRA presented testimony before the … read more
Read More“E Pluribus Unum” Strengthened by Multicultural Education
Oct 30, 1996• by Frank Gonzales, Ph.D. • IDRA Newsletter • October 1996 • Ethnic pluralism is a reality. Populations of people of color … read more
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Equity and Accountability Needed to Reduce Dropout Rates
Oct 30, 1996• by Josie Danini Supik, M.A. • IDRA Newsletter • October 1996 • Testimony Before the President’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence … read more
Read MoreOur Nation on the Fault Line: Hispanic American Education Dropouts
Oct 30, 1996• IDRA Newsletter • October 1996 • President’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans Editor’s Note: The following … read more
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What Adults Should Know about Teenagers
Oct 30, 1996• by Aurelio M. Montemayor • IDRA Newsletter • October 1996 • IDRA Interview Interviewer Aurelio Montemayor: Clementina Padilla, one of the prime … read more
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Up or Down: The Dropout Dilemma in Texas
Oct 30, 1996• by Roy Johnson, M.S. • IDRA Newsletter • October 1996 • Are school dropout rates declining or increasing in Texas? That is … read more
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