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IDRA Newsletter, 2002.
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Robledo Montecel, Maria, Ed.; Goodman, Christie L., Ed. – IDRA Newsletter, 2002
This document contains the 10 issues of the IDRA Newsletter published in 2002. The newsletter disseminates research findings, descriptions of successful programs and reforms, and other information related to equality of educational opportunity, focusing on Hispanic students, bilingual education, and Texas. Articles are: "Successful Bilingual…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Accountability, Bilingual Education
Valley Interfaith and School Reform: Organizing for Power in South Texas. Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art and Culture.
Shirley, Dennis – 2002
This book examines the efforts of Valley Interfaith--a community-based organization in the south Texas borderlands--to improve the living conditions of low-income residents and immigrants and the public schools their children attend. Valley Interfaith is unusual in that it crosses the boundary separating the worlds of community organizing and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Activism, Catholics, Church Role
IDRA Newsletter, 2000.
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Montecel, Maria Robledo, Ed.; Goodman, Christie L., Ed. – IDRA Newsletter, 2000
The 10 issues of IDRA Newsletter published in 2000 focus on education in Texas and on national and statewide educational issues concerning minority, low-income, or bilingual students. Feature articles include: "Musical Chairs and Unkept Promises" (reforming education to keep all students "in the game"); "The ENLACE…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teachers, Community Involvement
IDRA Newsletter, 2001.
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Montecel, Maria Robledo , Ed.; Goodman, Christie L., Ed. – IDRA Newsletter, 2001
The 10 issues of IDRA Newsletter published in 2001 focus on education in Texas and on national and statewide educational issues concerning minority, low-income, or bilingual students. Feature articles are: "Challenges and Strategies for Principals of Low-Performing Schools" (Abelardo Villarreal); "Coca-Cola Valued Youth Program in…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Community Involvement
You Can't Have a Rainbow without a Tormenta: A Description of an IHE's Response to a Community Need for a Dual-Language School.
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Clark, Ellen R.; Flores, Belinda B.; Riojas-Cortez, Mari; Smith, Howard L. – Bilingual Research Journal, 2002
A local university worked with a Texas elementary school serving mostly Mexican Americans to implement a two-way bilingual program, provide inservice and graduate course work for faculty, provide parent training, connect with the community, and provide field experiences for undergraduate bilingual education teachers. Test scores and community…
Descriptors: Affiliated Schools, Bilingual Teachers, Case Studies, College School Cooperation
Texas School Finance Reform: An IDRA Perspective.
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Cardenas, Jose A. – 1997
This book chronicles the history of school finance reform in Texas between 1968 and 1995. Specifically, the book focuses on the substantial changes in the method of funding Texas public schools, aimed at creating a more equitable system of educational opportunity. The author, Dr. Jose A. Cardenas, founded the Intercultural Development Research…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Bilingual Education, Court Litigation, Educational Change