The "IDRA Newsletter" serves as a vehicle for communication with educators, school board members, decision-makers, parents, and the general public concerning the educational needs of all children across the United States. The focus of this issue is "Visions of Educational Equity for the New Year." Contents include: (1) Healing-Centered Engagement -- Transforming Education in the Pandemic and Beyond (Irene Gómez); (2) Equitable Education Policies in the U.S. South Can Push the Country Toward Education Justice (Terrence Wilson & Chloe Latham Sikes); (3) Parents Urge Schools to Enrich, Not Exclude (Aurelio M. Montemayor); and (4) New Online Toolkits for Educators.