IDRA Newsletter
April 2025 Issue of the IDRA Newsletter – Focus: Imagining Joyful, Nonviolent, Integrated Schools
Articles
The Ever-Present History of Violence in U.S. Schools – How State-Sanctioned Cruelty Persists through School Corporal Punishment Policies, by Morgan Craven, J.D., & Kaci Wright
On the State of Integration and Our Common Humanity, by Paige Duggins-Clay, J.D.
Developing the Joy of STEM through Student and Teacher Experiences, by Jeff Wheatcraft, Asaiah Puente, Ed.D., CNP, & Stephanie Garcia, Ph.D.
High School Student Tells Lawmakers: Georgia Bill “Erases Our Stories and Our Truths”
Extras
End Corporal Punishment in Schools, IDRA
Hitting Hurts – The Case for Ending Corporal Punishment in Texas, by Morgan Craven, J.D., & Joanna D. Sánchez, Ph.D. (See PDF in English • Español)
IDRA’s map and data dashboard allow you to view the rates of corporal punishment by the states and school districts that still use this type of disciplinary action.
IDRA map shows corporal punishment data for public school districts in Texas.
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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