Classnotes Podcast (November 9, 2015) Numeracy is the ABCs of math. It is a critical foundation for using math in ... read more The post Building Numeracy Skills in Early Childhood – Podcast Episode 157 appeared first on IDRA .
Classnotes Podcast (September 14, 2015) Community groups, parents and students came together recently with 16 school superintendents from across the Rio ... read more The post Community Expects College Prep for All – Podcast Episode 156 appeared first on IDRA .
Classnotes Podcast (August 31, 2015) Texas in the midst of the largest school finance lawsuit in the state’s history. Over ... read more The post Key Issues in the Texas School Funding Trial – Podcast Episode 155 appeared first on IDRA .
Classnotes Podcast (August 18, 2015) The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Brown vs. Board of Education declaring segregated schools unconstitutional ... read more The post Education Civil Rights Challenges – Podcast Episode 154 appeared first on IDRA .
Classnotes Podcast (July 16, 2015) Bringing more females, minorities and low-income students into STEM fields requires building an environment of ... read more The post STEAM Education for Every Child Part 2 – Podcast Episode 153 appeared first on IDRA .
Classnotes Podcast (June 30, 2015) Despite efforts across the nation over the last decade to increase STEM education for girls ... read more The post STEAM Education for Every Child Part 1 – Podcast Episode 152 appeared first on IDRA .
Classnotes Podcast (April 21, 2015) While many bilingual education programs across the country are designed to build students’ fluency in English, ... read more The post A School District Vision for Biliteracy – Podcast Episode 151 appeared first on IDRA .
Classnotes Podcast (March 31, 2015) The U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Department of Justice recently published new guidance regarding education ... read more The post Civil Rights Update for English Learners – Podcast Episode 150 appeared first on IDRA .
Classnotes Podcast (March 6, 2015) In an environment where the pressure on educators is to push English and show results on ... read more The post A School District Vision for ELL Education – Podcast Episode 149 appeared first on IDRA .
Classnotes Podcast (February 10, 2015) A revolutionary model of parent engagement is demonstrating how families and communities can collaborate with their ... read more The post PTA Comunitarios Focus on Strengthening their Schools – Podcast Episode 148 appeared first on IDRA ....
Classnotes Podcast (October 30, 2014) Federal law and court rulings have taken steps to protect the civil rights of students in ... read more The post Education Civil Rights for Today and Beyond – Podcast Episode 147 appeared first on IDRA .
Classnotes Podcast (October 14, 2014) Families need to know how schools are doing, and they can use available data to ... read more The post Building Parent Voice for Action – Podcast Episode 146 appeared first on IDRA .
Classnotes Podcast (September 29, 2014) Karen Leahy knew that having a Coca-Cola Valued Youth Program tutor work with students in ... read more The post Tutor’s Success Surprises Elementary Teacher – Podcast Episode 145 appeared first on IDRA .
Classnotes Podcast (August 25, 2014) The national PTA president, Otha Thornton, recently visited several PTA Comunitarios in the Texas Rio Grande ... read more The post PTA Comunitarios are Born in their Communities – Podcast Episode 144 appeared first on IDRA ....
Classnotes Podcast (July 28, 2014) Teaching is a learning process. Teachers are constantly learning about their students and how they ... read more The post A Valuing Professional Development Model – Podcast Episode 143 appeared first on IDRA .
Classnotes Podcast (June 30, 2014) Skepticism is often the first reaction elementary teachers to the idea of having students from the ... read more The post An Elementary Teacher on Having Tutors in Her Classroom – Podcast Episode 142 appeared first on IDRA ....
Classnotes Podcast (June 3, 2014) Building college readiness involves more than focusing on cognitive learning. The affective domain also must be ... read more The post College Readiness Competencies – Podcast Episode 141 appeared first on IDRA .
Classnotes Podcast (May 19, 2014) In most classrooms, the days of memorization-focused teaching are gone. Though, we are still in the ... read more The post Building Critical Thinking through Visual Literacy – Podcast Episode 140 appeared first on IDRA ....
Classnotes Podcast (May 7, 2014) Often, we think of preschool children learning their shapes rather than learning geometry. But of course ... read more The post Geometry in Early Childhood – Podcast Episode 139 appeared first on IDRA .
Classnotes Podcast (April 28, 2014) Bilingual education and English as a second language programs have been in place in U.S. ... read more The post The Role of Bilingual Ed and ESL in Our Schools – Podcast Episode 138 appeared first on IDRA .
Classnotes Podcast (March 31, 2014) During many of the IDRA Coca-Cola Valued Youth Program’s 30 years, students have written essays ... read more The post The Art of Writing – Tips for Teachers Part 2 – Podcast Episode 137 appeared first on IDRA .
Classnotes Podcast (March 17, 2014) During many of the IDRA Coca-Cola Valued Youth Program’s 30 years, students have written essays about ... read more The post The Art of Writing – Tips for Teachers Part 1 – Podcast Episode 136 appeared first on IDRA .
Classnotes Podcast (February 27, 2014) As the struggle to keep many young people in school continues to face educators, parents ... read more The post They start calling my name (on being a Valued Youth program tutor) – Podcast Episode 135 appeared first on IDRA ....
Classnotes Podcast (February 6, 2014) It’s never too early to engage children in exploring science and math. And in bilingual classrooms ... read more The post Readers Theatre in Early Childhood Ed – Podcast Episode 134 appeared first on IDRA .
Classnotes Podcast (January 30, 2014) Following a trend over the last decade or so of pushing for higher math education among ... read more The post Why Algebra II? – Podcast Episode 133 appeared first on IDRA .
Classnotes Podcast (December 2, 2013) Last year in Classnotes Podcast episode 113, Bradley Scott, Ph.D. director of the IDRA South Central ... read more The post Six Generations of Civil Rights in Education – Podcast Episode 132 appeared first on IDRA .
Classnotes Podcast (November 11, 2013) A new model of parent engagement is sweeping the Texas Rio Grande Valley. Evolving out of ... read more The post How to Start a PTA Comunitario – Podcast Episode 131 appeared first on IDRA .
Classnotes Podcast (October 17, 2013) Most of us can remember a time when students were expected to be silent in the ... read more The post Substantive Conversation in the Classroom – Podcast Episode 130 appeared first on IDRA .
Classnotes Podcast (October 1, 2013) There is a lot of attention on how students and teachers can use iPads and other ... read more The post Leading with iPads for Diverse Students – Podcast Episode 129 appeared first on IDRA .
Classnotes Podcast (September 6, 2013) School transformation doesn’t just happen by decree from a superintendent or principal. Systems and support for ... read more The post A Principal on Supporting Teachers for Student College Readiness – Podcast Episode 128 appeared first on IDRA ....
