IDRA Newsletter Archives

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

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

Our 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

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

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

Coca-Cola Valued Youth Program Expands

Oct 30, 1996

• IDRA Newsletter • October 1996 • IDRA Update The CocaCola Valued Youth Program is launching a national expansion into … read more

Keeping the Faith: Valuing Parents

Sep 30, 1996

• by Aurelio M. Montemayor, M.Ed. • IDRA Newsletter • September 1996 • Valuing as an Article of Faith The valuing paradigm … read more

Adult Literacy Outreach Innovations: Porque Significa Tanto

Sep 30, 1996

• by Christie L. Goodman, APR • IDRA Newsletter • September 1996 • There’s a lot of learning going on inside and … read more