Each edition of the IDRA Newsletter strives to provide many different perspectives on the issues in education topics discussed and to define its significance in the state and national dialogue. This issue focuses on the Promise of Public Schooling and includes: (1) America Does Not Have to Stay Stuck at Losing One in Four High Schoolers (María "Cuca" Robledo Montece); (2) Families Transforming Public Schools--Gathering Data, Informing Policy and Practice (Aurelio M. Montemayor); and (3) IDRA Priority Policy Issues for Texas for 2017. (Individual articles contain resources.)