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 Culture of Poverty vs. Culture of Possibility and includes: (1) Open Source Learning Tools Make STEM Possible in Underserved Schools (Mark Barnett); (2) Differences as Deficiencies--The Persistence of the 30 Million Word Gap (Sofía Bahena); (3) Confusing Correlation with Causation (Sofía Bahena); and (4) Six Teens Win 2016 National Essay Contest Awards: IDRA Coca-Cola Valued Youth Program Tutors Share Stories of the Program's Impact on Their Lives. (Individual articles contain resources.)