- Ending Corporal Punishment Starts With Community – IDRA Classnotes Podcast Episode #256
Classnotes Podcast (April 30, 2026). Corporal punishment is still used in U.S. schools, with harmful and disproportionate impacts on Black students, students with disabilities and children in the South. This episode explores how schools can move toward discipline rooted in dignity, relationships and student well-being.
Key takeaways
- Corporal punishment remains legal in 20 states and affects tens of thousands of students.
- Black students and students with disabilities are disproportionately subjected to physical punishment.
- Fear-based discipline harms student trust, learning, attendance and long-term well-being.
- Restorative practices and relationship-building support accountability while preserving dignity.
- Families and communities are essential to shaping fair, culturally responsive discipline systems.
Resource from the Intercultural Development Research Association (IDRA), a nonprofit advancing education equity.
Corporal punishment in schools remains legal in 20 states, disproportionately harming Black students, students with disabilities, and children across the U.S. South. In this episode, IDRA’s Morgan Craven, J.D., and Aurelio Montemayor, M.Ed., examine why physical punishment persists in schools, the lasting harms it causes and what communities can do instead.Through a conversation on restorative practices, family engagement and culturally-sustaining discipline, they explore how schools can move away from fear-based punishment and toward learning environments rooted in dignity, accountability and student well-being.
Morgan Craven, J.D., is IDRA’s National Director of Policy, Advocacy and Community Engagement. Aurelio Montemayor, M.Ed., is IDRA’s Family Engagement Coordinator.
Note: The audio version of this podcast episode is not out yet. But we released the video version on April 30, which is the International Day to End Corporal Punishment.
Show length: 16 min.
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“If we rely on fear, we’re really destabilizing school environments rather than investing in what we know works to keep kids safe.”
Morgan Craven, J.D.
“Corporal punishment sometimes may produce a moment of silence, but it doesn’t produce understanding. It doesn’t produce responsibility or trust and too often it leaves lasting harm, especially for students who are already carrying the weight of inequity.”
Aurelio Montemayor, M.Ed.
“What we want to do is have systems in place that encourage strong relationships where people understand what’s going on with the young people in the school. They are connected to them. They know their families. And they have those strong relationships. Positive, strong relationships are the root of learning.”
Morgan Craven, J.D.
Resources
End Corporal Punishment in Schools, IDRA webpage
Hitting Hurts – The Case for Ending Corporal Punishment in Texas, IDRA Issue Brief, by Morgan Craven, J.D., and Joanna D. Sánchez, Ph.D., April 2023, updated 2024 (available in English and Spanish)
Restorative Practices Can Prevent and Heal Bias-based Harm, by Paige Duggins-Clay, J.D., IDRA Newsletter, August 2024
IDRA Family Leadership in Education Model, IDRA webpage
IDRA School Discipline – Online Technical Assistance Toolkit
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30 April 2026, 3:53 pm - 16 minutes 35 secondsWhat Shapes STEM Pathways for Girls – IDRA Classnotes Podcast Episode 254
Classnotes Podcast (April 28, 2026). Dr. Lizdelia Piñon and Dr. Stephanie Garcia examine why women and girls remain underrepresented in STEM, highlighting how access, culture and policy shape pathways. They also share practical solutions to expand opportunities and strengthen STEM ecosystems.
Key takeaways
- Women and girls remain underrepresented in STEM, not due to ability but systemic barriers.
- Access, culture and confidence shape STEM participation and persistence for girls.
- Anti-diversity, equity and inclusion policies are reducing programs that support STEM pathways.
- Mentorship, hands-on learning and cross-sector partnerships strengthen STEM opportunities.
- Effective STEM ecosystems offer multiple entry points for students to explore and re-engage.
Resource from the Intercultural Development Research Association (IDRA), a nonprofit advancing education equity.
Why are women and girls still underrepresented in STEM? In this episode, Lizdelia Piñón, Ed.D., talks with Stephanie Garcia, Ph.D., about what the latest data reveal, including in a new report by the National Girls Collaborative Project.Drawing from recent research and her own experience as a Latina STEM educator, Dr. Garcia explains why the issue is not about ability but about systems. Dr. Piñon and Dr. Garcia discuss how access, culture and confidence shape who participates and persists in STEM, and how recent anti-diversity, equity and inclusion policies are dismantling critical support programs.
The conversation moves beyond the problem to practical solutions: mentorship, hands-on learning and cross-sector partnerships that create real pathways for students. Together, they reimagine what a strong STEM ecosystem can look like – one with multiple entry points where all students can see themselves and succeed.
Dr. Stephanie Garcia is IDRA’s STEM education specialist and directs the IDRA VisionCoders and DSEC programs. Dr. Lizdelia Piñon is an IDRA education associate and a bilingual special education expert.
Show length: 16:35 min.
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“Talent is evenly distributed, but opportunity isn’t.”
Sameeha Rizvi
“I don’t see it as a leaky pipeline. That’s a deficit way of looking at it… A really healthy ecosystem looks like a river, or a highway system, with multiple entry and exit points, where students – no matter their age or grade – can jump in, explore and come back to it again later. There’s not a one-size-fits-all approach with STEM education.”
Chloe Latham Sikes, Ph.D.
“All of the anti-diversity, equity, inclusion laws and policies… have dismantled and defunded, high-quality programming. Those support systems are critical to STEM persistence for women and girls, and it’s under attack. It’s just a significant, massive loss of potential talent, ideas and perspectives.”
Alex De Jesus
Resources
Changing the State of Girls in STEM Through Access, Culture and Confidence, by Stephanie Garcia, Ph.D.
The State of Women & Girls in STEM Report, by National Girls Collaborative Project
STEM Equity – Online Technical Assistance Toolkit, IDRA
Student Engagement – Online Technical Assistance Toolkit, IDRA
Building an Ecosystem for Latina Prosperity. Latinitas Conversando podcast featuring Stephanie Garcia, Gabriela Kane Guardia, Johanna Moya Fábregas & Jaime Puente. South by Southwest Edu
STEM Ecosystems Foster Community Engagement for a Strong Future – Partner with a STEM Learning Ecosystem Near You!, August 31, 2022
Meaningful Strategies for Making STEM Accessible, October 30, 2020
Five Best Practices that Add Women to the Equation – Preparing K-12 Girls for Mathematics, May 29, 2019
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29 April 2026, 2:18 pm - Classnotes Podcast Episode List
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29 April 2026, 5:00 am - 43 minutes 13 secondsStudent Voices After DEI – The Law in Education – IDRA Classnotes Podcast Episode 253
Classnotes Podcast (April 24, 2026) – Students, advocates and researchers examine how Texas Senate Bill 17 and related policy changes are affecting college access, campus climate and student support systems. The episode highlights student experiences, emerging research and efforts to sustain opportunity.
Key takeaways
- Texas SB 17 and related policies are reshaping college access and campus supports.
- Students report loss of services, safe spaces and culturally relevant resources.
- Policy changes are influencing college choices, including undermatching and reduced options.
- Faculty, staff and students face uncertainty, self-censorship and shifting campus climates.
- Students and communities are organizing to sustain support systems and protect opportunity.
Resource from the Intercultural Development Research Association (IDRA), a nonprofit advancing education equity.
As diversity, equity, and inclusion policies in education face political backlash, Texas has become ground zero for some of the most sweeping changes. Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to end race-conscious college admissions in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, Texas enacted Senate Bill 17, which bans diversity, equity and inclusion offices and programs at public colleges and universities. These moves, alongside additional state and federal actions, are already reshaping the educational landscape and putting college access further out of reach for many Texas students.In this episode, IDRA education law intern Adiba Chowdhury and IDRA Deputy Director of Policy, Chloe Latham Sikes, Ph.D., are joined by Alexander De Jesus and Sameeha Rizvi, who both members of the Texas Students for DEI Coalition. They dissect the nature of recent legislative changes and their impact on Texas students. As a bonus, Dr. Sikes shares recent findings from IDRA’s ongoing study on the impact on SB 17, and Adiba shares testimony from college advisors who participated in the study.
Show length: 43:13 min.
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“DEI didn’t appear out of nowhere. It’s because students had the guts… demand that fair access.”
Sameeha Rizvi
“We’ve heard high school students, advisors and parents say they’re worried about how their student can actually academically succeed in college if they don’t feel they even belong.”
Chloe Latham Sikes, Ph.D.
“What chilling effect is coming next? Where is the university going to silence me?”
Alex De Jesus
“It’s going to be exhausting, but this is a long-term movement. It’s not a moment. We have to keep on fighting. It didn’t start here. It doesn’t end here.”
Sameeha Rizvi
Resources
Texas Students for DEI website
Texas Students For DEI Mutual Aid Fund for Undocumented Students
IDRA infographic – Understanding Texas’s Diversity Equity and Inclusion Ban at Public Universities
Info on IDRA’s study: College Access Study on the Impact of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Restrictions
See IDRA’s preliminary report: A Community-Based Study on the Impact of Texas’ SB 17 on Marginalized College-Going Students, by Chloe Latham Sikes, Ph.D.
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24 April 2026, 3:52 pm - 21 minutes 16 secondsThe Work Ahead and the Hope That Fuels It – IDRA Classnotes Podcast Episode 252
Classnotes Podcast (October 22, 2025). In the final episode of the series, IDRA Education Policy Fellows share what gives them hope and what comes next. After nine months of intense legislative advocacy, relationship building, and personal growth, they offer advice to others entering this work and reflect on how the fellowship changed their trajectories. Their stories are a powerful reminder that advocacy isn’t a moment, it’s a movement.Mikayla Arciaga, M.A.Ed., Georgia Advocacy Director & Education Policy Fellows Coordinator, led the conversation with fellows: Vivek Datla, MPA, IDRA Education Policy Fellow – Regional, DeAndrea Byrd, IDRA Education Policy Fellow – Georgia, Isabelle Philip, IDRA Education Policy Fellow – Policy Communications, and Kaci Wright, M.Ed., IDRA Education Policy Fellow – Texas.
The IDRA groundbreaking Education Policy Fellows Program is changing the landscape of state education advocacy by training advocates with a commitment to and experience with communities of color to influence state laws and lead a powerful network of impacted communities. The 2024-25 cycle of this program is being generously supported by the Trellis Foundation, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and the Kresge Foundation.
Show length: 21:16 min
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IDRA 2024-25 Fellows – Bios and writings. Plus profiles brochure
IDRA Education Policy Fellows Program
Policy Whiplash in Georgia – The 2025 Session Delivered Education Gains, Losses and Looming Threats, with Terrence Wilson, J.D., Mikayla Arciaga, M.A.Ed., Isabelle Philip & Makiah Lyons, J.D., IDRA Newsletter, June-July 2025
Legislature Dances the Texas Three-Step: Defund, Demonize, Privatize Public Education, with Vivek Datla, MPA, IDRA Newsletter, June-July 2025
Student Voices on Public Policy, video feature by Trellis Foundation, May 2025
IDRA Education Policy Fellow Feature, video feature by Trellis Foundation, August 2025
Post-fellowship evaluation report of the program’s first cycle
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22 October 2025, 2:27 pm - 22 minutes 48 secondsFrom Lived Experience to Policy Change – Classnotes Podcast 251
Classnotes Podcast (September 23, 2025). What does it take to turn passion into impact? In this episode, IDRA Education Policy Fellows reflect on what led them to apply for the fellowship, how they built new skills in education policy and what they learned along the way. From analyzing legislation to testifying in hearings, fellows explain how the program gave them tools to navigate power, center community voices and bring their lived experience to bear on real policy outcomes.Mikayla Arciaga, M.A.Ed., Georgia Advocacy Director & Education Policy Fellows Coordinator, led the conversation with fellows: Vivek Datla, MPA, IDRA Education Policy Fellow – Regional, DeAndrea Byrd, IDRA Education Policy Fellow – Georgia, Isabelle Philip, IDRA Education Policy Fellow – Policy Communications, and Kaci Wright, M.Ed., IDRA Education Policy Fellow – Texas.
The IDRA groundbreaking Education Policy Fellows Program is changing the landscape of state education advocacy by training advocates with a commitment to and experience with communities of color to influence state laws and lead a powerful network of impacted communities. The 2024-25 cycle of this program is being generously supported by the Trellis Foundation, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and the Kresge Foundation.
Show length: 22:48 min
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Policy Whiplash in Georgia – The 2025 Session Delivered Education Gains, Losses and Looming Threats, with Terrence Wilson, J.D., Mikayla Arciaga, M.A.Ed., Isabelle Philip & Makiah Lyons, J.D., IDRA Newsletter, June-July 2025
Legislature Dances the Texas Three-Step: Defund, Demonize, Privatize Public Education, with Vivek Datla, MPA, IDRA Newsletter, June-July 2025
Student Voices on Public Policy, video feature by Trellis Foundation, May 2025
IDRA Education Policy Fellow Feature, video feature by Trellis Foundation, August 2025
Post-fellowship evaluation report of the program’s first cycle
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23 September 2025, 3:04 pm - 24 minutes 32 secondsStill We Show Up and Speak Out – Classnotes Podcast 250
Classnotes Podcast (August 22, 2025). In this episode, IDRA Education Policy Fellows share their personal experiences as advocates of color in southern legislatures. They reflect on how their cultural identities shaped their work and how they found strength and clarity in the face of systemic exclusion, microaggressions, and performative policymaking.With courage and community, these fellows turned marginalization into motivation and transformed policy spaces with authenticity and purpose.
Mikayla Arciaga, M.A.Ed., Georgia Advocacy Director & Education Policy Fellows Coordinator, led the conversation with fellows: Vivek Datla, MPA, IDRA Education Policy Fellow – Regional, DeAndrea Byrd, IDRA Education Policy Fellow – Georgia, Isabelle Philip, IDRA Education Policy Fellow – Policy Communications, and Kaci Wright, M.Ed., IDRA Education Policy Fellow – Texas.
The IDRA groundbreaking Education Policy Fellows Program is changing the landscape of state education advocacy by training advocates with a commitment to and experience with communities of color to influence state laws and lead a powerful network of impacted communities. The 2024-25 cycle of this program is being generously supported by the Trellis Foundation, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and the Kresge Foundation.
Show length: 24:32 min.
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Policy Whiplash in Georgia – The 2025 Session Delivered Education Gains, Losses and Looming Threats, with Terrence Wilson, J.D., Mikayla Arciaga, M.A.Ed., Isabelle Philip & Makiah Lyons, J.D., IDRA Newsletter, June-July 2025
Legislature Dances the Texas Three-Step: Defund, Demonize, Privatize Public Education, with Vivek Datla, MPA, IDRA Newsletter, June-July 2025
Student Voices on Public Policy, video feature by Trellis Foundation, May 2025
IDRA Education Policy Fellow Feature, video feature by Trellis Foundation, August 2025
Post-fellowship evaluation report of the program’s first cycle
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22 August 2025, 4:29 pm - 28 minutes 53 secondsWhere Power Lives and Who It Leaves Out – Classnotes Podcast 249
Classnotes Podcast (August 4, 2025). In the first episode of this four-part series, IDRA Education Policy Fellows reflect on their hands-on advocacy during the 2025 legislative sessions in Texas and Georgia. They discuss what it was like to analyze bills, provide testimony and support coalitions – all while navigating systems of policymaking that often exclude impacted voices. Fellows explore what worked, what didn’t and what it means to be on the ground in spaces not built for them.Mikayla Arciaga, M.A.Ed., Georgia Advocacy Director & Education Policy Fellows Coordinator, led the conversation with fellows: Vivek Datla, MPA, IDRA Education Policy Fellow – Regional, DeAndrea Byrd, IDRA Education Policy Fellow – Georgia, Isabelle Philip, IDRA Education Policy Fellow – Policy Communications, and Kaci Wright, M.Ed., IDRA Education Policy Fellow – Texas.
The IDRA groundbreaking Education Policy Fellows Program is changing the landscape of state education advocacy by training advocates with a commitment to and experience with communities of color to influence state laws and lead a powerful network of impacted communities. The 2024-25 cycle of this program is being generously supported by the Trellis Foundation, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and the Kresge Foundation.
Show length: 28:53 min.
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Policy Whiplash in Georgia – The 2025 Session Delivered Education Gains, Losses and Looming Threats, with Terrence Wilson, J.D., Mikayla Arciaga, M.A.Ed., Isabelle Philip & Makiah Lyons, J.D., IDRA Newsletter, June-July 2025
Legislature Dances the Texas Three-Step: Defund, Demonize, Privatize Public Education, with Vivek Datla, MPA, IDRA Newsletter, June-July 2025
Student Voices on Public Policy, video feature by Trellis Foundation, May 2025
IDRA Education Policy Fellow Feature, video feature by Trellis Foundation, August 2025
Post-fellowship evaluation report of the program’s first cycle
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4 August 2025, 4:25 pm - 22 minutes 19 secondsThe Truth About Private School Vouchers – Classnotes Podcast 248
Classnotes Podcast (February 21, 2025) As activities to divert public money to private schools grow across the country and at the national level, the Texas leadership is pushing hard to establish its own voucher program. This is despite public outcry for strengthened and fully funded public education. And it is taking place in the midst of much misinformation about the proposed program.IDRA has been at the forefront of school funding equity work since its founding over five decades ago. Three people from IDRA who testified during a Senate hearing in February 2025 came together for this podcast episode to discuss the truth about the voucher program, how it would divert tons of money from the state’s grossly underfunded public schools and how it would harm Texas students.
As a bonus, they share an excerpt from Liz’s daughter’s testimony as she tells how private schools refused to admit her because of her disability.
Chloe Latham Sikes, Ph.D., is IDRA’s deputy director of policy. Kaci Wright is an IDRA Education Policy Fellow. Lizdelia Piñón, Ed.D., is an IDRA education associate.
Show length: 22:19 min.
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Video: Private Schools Didn’t Choose Me – Powerful Testimony from Felicita
IDRA’s Stop Vouchers webpage.
Data Map: The Big Cost of Proposed Voucher Legislation – IDRA Map and Dashboard by Texas state senate districts, state house districts, traditional public school districts, and charter school districts
Infographic: 5 Reasons Private School Vouchers Would Hurt Students
Subscribe to IDRA’s Texas Education Policy Alert
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Testimony
- Education Savings Accounts are Inefficient and Ineffective for General Diffusion of Knowledge, Student Achievement and School Investments– IDRA Testimony against SB 2, Submitted by Chloe Latham Sikes, Ph.D., to the Texas Senate Committee on Education K-16, January 28, 2025
- Don’t Prioritize Politics and Profits Over the Families Policymakers Should Be Representing– Testimony Against Senate Bill 2, Presented by Lizdelia Piñón, IDRA Education Associate, to the Texas Senate Committee on Education (PK-16), January 28, 2025 (Plus testimony by Sixth Grader, Felicita Piñón)
- Education Saving Accounts Harm Texas Students’ Access to an Equitable Education– TLEEC Testimony Against Senate Bill 2, submitted by Kaci Wright to the Texas Senate Committee on K-16 Education, January 28, 2025
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21 February 2025, 2:41 pm - Classnotes Podcast Awards and Recognitions
We are proud to share that the IDRA Classnotes Podcast has received the following awards. Please help us spread the news by telling your friends and colleagues about the Classnotes Podcast.
Award of Distinction in the 2010 Communicator Awards, the leading international awards program honoring creative excellence. The program is sanctioned and judged by the International Academy of the Visual Arts, an invitation-only body consisting of top-tier professionals from acclaimed media, communications, advertising, creative and marketing firms. IAVA members include executives from organizations such as Alloy, Brandweek, Coach, Disney, The Ellen Degeneres Show, Estee Lauder, Fry Hammond Barr, HBO, Monster.com, MTV, Polo Ralph Lauren, Sotheby’s Institute of Art, Victoria’s Secret, Wired, and Yahoo! Awarded on June of 2010.
Commendation of Merit in media creation from the Society for New Communications Research. SNCR is a global non-profit foundation dedicated to the advanced study of the latest developments in new media and communications, and their effect on traditional media and business models, communications, culture and society. The society creates a bridge between the academic community and practitioners using these news tools and technologies. Awarded on November 14, 2008.
Best of Texas Silver Award (first place) statewide competition by the Texas Public Relations Association. Awarded on March 1, 2008.
Lean Communicator Award from Ragan Communications. This international competition explores how innovative communicators make more out of less. Judges were most impressed by how many people we have been reaching in an effective manner at such a minimal cost. The Classnotes Podcast was thus the subject of the feature story in the September issue of The Lean Communicator. Awarded in September 2007.
El Bronce Award (first place) from the Public Relations Society of America, San Antonio Chapter. Awarded on May 3, 2007.
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2 December 2024, 2:48 am - 1 hour 8 minutesIntroducing Cuentos de mi familia – Podcast Episode 247
Classnotes Podcast (November 25, 2024). María “Cuca” Robledo Montecel, Ph.D., and her son Xavier Montecel, Ph.D., have embarked on an oral history project in the form of their own podcast, Cuentos de mi familia. In Episode 108, they focus on Cuca’s professional life with IDRA, which spanned 48 of IDRA’s now 51 years. For 26 of those years, she served as IDRA’s President & CEO. She is now President Emerita.We are honored to share this specific episode with our Classnotes Podcast listeners. In this conversation, Cuca reflects on her professional life and the course of her career. She remembers what it was like to transition from her childhood in Laredo to young adulthood as a college student in San Antonio. She and Xavier talk about the Intercultural Development Research Association (IDRA) and its vision to, as she says, create a world where all children have opportunities in life that come from a great education. She shares stories of what that work looked like and accomplished for students, families, teachers, and community advocates – all who care deeply about equity and excellence in public education.
Xavier is director of the graduate program and assistant professor of catholic theological and social ethics at St. Mary’s University.
Show length: 1:08:32 min.
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Resources
Cuentos de mi Familia, podcast series
Corazón, A Poem for María “Cuca” Robledo Montecel, by Laurie Posner, MPA
Tribute video to Dr. María “Cuca” Robledo Montecel, 2019
Reflections on IDRA Work Across 50 Years – A Story of Innovation, Connection and Faithfulness, by Dr. María “Cuca” Robledo Montecel, 2023
Three Decades of Groundbreaking Dropout Research – Reflections by Dr. Robledo Montecel, interview by Bricio Vasquez, Ph.D., IDRA Newsletter, November-December 2018
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