IDRA Newsletter. Volume 44, No. 3

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 Student Leadership and Engagement and includes: (1) Project Based Learning for Student Success--Teaching Across Content Areas for Diverse Learners (Mark Barnett); (2) Community Projects, Youths and Academic Learning--Student Voice in Solutions to Challenging Problems (Aurelio M. Montemayor, Bronce Yahir Márquez, Andrea Guadalupe Guzmán, and Litzy Castro); and (3) Libre Software in Education--Affordable Technology that Supports the User's Freedom (Mark Barnett).