Policy
Five Threats to Public Education in Our States and Communities – An Analysis of Project 2025
Aug 26, 2024Get PDF of this Report in English • en Español IDRA believes every young person should have access to excellent … read more
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IDRA Resources on Fair Funding
Mar 18, 2023More recent news and resources are on our Ensuring Fair School Funding for All Students site Publications “The Extent of … read more
Read MoreAdvocacy Products
Dec 16, 2022IDRA produced the following with the support of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. Evaluation Report IDRA Education Policy Fellows … read more
Read MorePolicy News: A Call for Authentic School Family Engagement; Texas Board Considers Ethnic Studies Expansion
Aug 20, 2022A Call for Authentic School Family Engagement IDRA submitted written testimony calling on the Texas legislature to support policies that build connections … read more
Read MoreKeller ISD Latest School District to Censor Books
Aug 20, 2022One day before the start of classes, Keller ISD ordered that schools remove from the library, classrooms and its online … read more
Read More17 States Have Classroom Censorship Policies
Aug 20, 2022IDRA Presents Preliminary Findings Showing Negative Impact of Classroom Censorship As states established classroom censorship policies, IDRA has been monitoring … read more
Read MoreCommunity Advocacy Training on School Funding in Texas
Apr 02, 2022IDRA and ARISE Adelante collaborated to produce a “training of trainers” series on Texas school finance. These two Facebook Live … read more
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Education CAFE Families Convince School District to Keep Biliteracy Program – Video
Mar 20, 2022After a leadership change in their district, IDRA Education CAFE members in south Texas were concerned that the district might … read more
Read MoreRetaining and Improving Rules for the State Plan for English Learners is Essential for Texas Public Schools
Feb 18, 2022The Texas Education Agency is conducting the scheduled review of major rules, including for the education of emergent bilingual students. … read more
Read MoreThe Texas Top Ten Percent Plan’s Legacy in Supporting Equal Access to College – Policy Brief
Apr 27, 2021See PDF Version (See 2021 updated policy brief) • See infographic (See 2021 updated infographic) As Texas continues to graduate a … read more
Read MoreActualización de la política de educación COVID-19
Apr 16, 2021A continuación se muestra un registro de las actualizaciones de políticas de IDRA para las escuelas con respecto al COVID-19. … read more
Read MoreCOVID-19 Education Policy Updates
Apr 16, 2021Below is a log of IDRA’s policy updates for schools regarding COVID-19. We release a new policy update each week … read more
Read MoreLetter to U.S. Congress Allow Sufficient Time for Data Processing and Quality Assurance in 2020 Census
Dec 11, 2020IDRA joined hands with the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and the Census Project urging congressional leadership to … read more
Read MoreIDRA Endorses House Bill to End Corporal Punishment in Schools
Dec 11, 2020IDRA endorses the federal Protecting Our Students in Schools Act of 2020 (HR 8460). This legislation will prohibit the practice … read more
Read MoreIDRA & Partners Urge U.S. Congress to End Criminalization of Students in School
Dec 11, 2020Protecting Children’s Health and Well-Being IDRA joins a coalition of national organizations in urging congressional leaders to cosponsor S 4360/HR … read more
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Joint Letter to Congress Regarding Next Round of COVID-19 Funding
Jul 27, 2020(July 27, 2020) IDRA and the Southern Education Foundation crafted a letter to Congressional leadership in the U.S. House of … read more
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IDRA Letter to US Congress Urging Education Equity in Next Stimulus Package
Jul 27, 2020IDRA sent the following letter to congressional leaders regarding the upcoming COVID-19 stimulus package. Specifically, IDRA urges leaders to include … read more
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Joint Letter to Texas Congressional Delegation Calling for Additional Federal Relief to the Coronavirus Pandemic
Jul 21, 2020Last week, as the U.S. Senate returned from recess to begin work on the next COVID relief package, more than … read more
Read MoreSupplemental Funding for English Learners/Title III in COVID Relief – Joint Letter
Apr 17, 2020IDRA joined with 44 organizations to advocates for funding for Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act to … read more
Read MoreLetter to Texas Education Commissioner re 2020 Charter Amendments
Apr 03, 2020IDRA joined with 17 other organizations to urge the Texas Education Agency to prioritize state funds to sustain the promises … read more
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