IDRA Newsletter Archives - Page 71 of 167

A Successful Coordination of Funds and Programs Approach: Four Dimensions of the School Restructuring Process

Mar 01, 1997

• by Abelardo Villarreal, Ph.D. and Oanh H. Maroney • IDRA Newsletter • March 1997 Federal education programs make it possible for local … read more

The Analogy of the Amoeba

Feb 04, 1997

• by José A. Cárdenas, Ph.D. • IDRA Newsletter • February 1997 I have been a professional educator since 1950, when I received … read more

Equity and Excellence: Current Issues in the 75th Texas Legislative Session

Feb 03, 1997

• by Albert Cortez, Ph.D. and Anna Alicia Romero • IDRA Newsletter • February 1997 In January, the Texas legislature began its 75th … read more

Criteria for Diversity: THECB’s Advisory Committee Suggests New Criteria

Feb 02, 1997

• by Albert Cortez, Ph.D. • IDRA Newsletter • February 1997 Achieving greater diversity within the student enrollment at colleges and universities has … read more

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

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

The 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

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

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

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

IDRA Newsletter 1996 Index

Dec 19, 1996

November – December 1996 IDRA Newsletter Articles Berlin Walls of the Mind, W.S. White Bilingual Education is About Bridging and … read more

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

Public 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

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

What 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

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

Berlin 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

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

“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