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Guarantee Graduation – Inform. Connect. Act. The statistics are well known to readers of these pages: Our high schools lose … read more

School Holding Power For many years, states across the nation have masked the magnitude of the dropout problem by failing … read more

María “Cuca” Robledo Montecel, Ph.D. Sometimes doing nothing is better than doing something, especially when “something” is the wrong thing … read more

Math Paves Path The U.S. Department of Education succinctly stated in a 1997 white paper, “Mathematics equals opportunity” (http://www.ed.gov/pubs/math/index.html). Students … read more

Llamada Urgente al Comienzo del Curso Escolar En 1982, El Tribunal Supremo de los Estados Unidos dictaminó en el caso … read more

Immigrant Students’ Right to Attend Public Schools The National Coalition of Advocates for Students (NCAS) launched its’annual School Opening Alert … read more

Public Policy is Strengthening Foundations for Access, Equity and Excellence A few weeks ago, on a hot summer day in … read more

Leadership is Making a Difference When it comes to creating great neighborhood public schools, leadership makes a difference. Effective leadership, … read more

NCLB Turns Three During this year’s presidential campaign, public education at times took center stage as candidates debated the merits, … read more

November- December 2005 IDRA Newsletter – Self-Renewing Schools… Access and Success See PDF of the November- December 2005 issue Articles A Quality … read more

• IDRA Newsletter • November- December 2005 This lack of school holding power affects every Texan. IDRA research shows that during … read more