Classnotes Podcast (August 9, 2011) Armed with actionable knowledge, parents are able to work with their schools to bring about positive change. As seen in IDRA’s Quality Schools Action Framework, a key element is having access to disaggregated data in ways that are meaningful and actionable. Anne Foster, executive director of Parents for Public Schools, describes how PPS is training parents to interpret data and to better understand how schools and school boards function. She gives several examples of transformations that have occurred as a result, like improving science achievement and dramatically improving graduation rates.Anne is interviewed by Aurelio Montemayor, M.Ed., director of the IDRA Texas Parent Information and Resource Center and a member of the PPS advisory board.Show length: Send comments to [email protected].Sign up for Classnotes e-mail alertsResourcesParents for Public Schoolshttp://pps.ginkgostreet.com/IDRA Quality Schools Action Frameworkhttp://www.idra.org/change-model/quality-schools-action-framework/Partners and Catalysts – How Communities Are Putting Data to Work to Improve EducationBy Laurie Posner, M.P.A., IDRA Newsletterhttp://www.idra.org/resource-center/partners-and-catalysts/Knowledge for Action – Organizing School-Community Partnerships Around Quality DataBy Laurie Posner, M.P.A., and Hector Bojorquez, IDRA Newsletterhttp://www.idra.org/resource-center/knowledge-for-action/Authentic Consultation – NCLB Outreach Leadership and Dialogues for Parents, Students and TeachersBy Aurelio M. Montemayor, M.Ed., IDRA Newsletterhttp://www.idra.org/resource-center/authentic-consultation/Informing Change Bringing School Data Online By Laurie Posner, M.P.A., IDRA Newsletterhttp://www.idra.org/resource-center/informing-change-bringing-school-data-online/IDRA OurSchool data portal (Texas)http://www.idra.org/OurSchoolIDRA OurSchool data portal – in Spanish (Texas)http://www.idra.org/OurSchoolspCourage to Connect: A Quality Schools Action Frameworkhttp://www.idra.org/change-model/college-bound-determined/IDRA’s Family Leadership PrinciplesBy Aurelio Montemayor, M.Ed., IDRA Newsletterhttp://www.idra.org/resource-center/idras-family-leadership-principles/Raise Your Hand Texashttp://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/Your feedbackWe welcome your comments and questions to the podcast. Send an e-mail to [email protected].Listen to every episode!To ensure you don’t miss a single episode of IDRA Classnotes, subscribe to the podcast in iTunes, (download iTunes free if you don’t have it) or sign up to receive an e-mail alert as soon as a new show is published.The post Parents Using Data to Improve Schools – Podcast Episode 92 appeared first on IDRA.