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 Accountability and Civic Engagement and includes: (1) Will States Use ESSA [Elementary and Secondary Education Act] to Undermine Communities of Color as Some Have for Voting Rights? (David G. Hinojosa and Jerry Wilson); (2) Project Based Learning--Changing Learning Paradigms One Lesson at a Time (Nilka Avilés and Nadiah Al-Gasem); and (3) Co-Leading and Co-Transforming Schools--School Administrators and Family Leaders in Education (Aurelio M. Montemayor).