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 "Actionable Knowledge." Contents include: (1) Our Vision, Policy Direction and the Election: Federal Policy Update (Morgan Craven); (2) Schools Struggle to Hold On to Students: Preview of IDRA's 38th Annual Texas Public School Attrition Study (Christina Quintanilla-Muñoz & Joanna Sánchez); (3) State Lawmakers Should Consider High-Quality Bilingual Education as an Early Literacy Strategy (Chloe Latham Sikes); and (4) Building Student Leadership in Technology -- From IDRA Youth Tekies to TechXperts (Michelle Martínez Vega & Aurelio M. Montemayor).