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College Readiness and Dual Credit Participation of Alternative High School Students

Description: The purpose of this study was to explore the extent to which alternative schools add value to the college readiness of their students, as well as to measure the capacity of alternative school students to successfully complete dual credit courses while enrolled at the alternative school. This mixed methods study utilized an exploratory approach with a descriptive research design to explore the extent to which alternative schools produce college-ready students. The Texas Success Initiative Asse… more
Date: December 2017
Creator: Bradley, Jeffrey James
Partner: UNT Libraries
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[News Clip: UTA Civil Rights]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story.
Date: March 24, 1969
Duration: 33 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Worden hearing]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a story about Coy Donald Worden, accused of the May murder of Louis Eugene Irby, appearing before Judge Matthews in Fort Worth to seek court-appointed legal counsel.
Date: June 24, 1964
Duration: 1 minute 17 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Coke contest]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a story about Mrs. Lota Haverty, who is one of the second prize winners in the Coca-Cola company's sweepstakes contest, where she has the choice of one thousand dollars cash or an expense-paid visit to the New York World's Fair for herself and four friends.
Date: June 10, 1964
Duration: 45 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Walker case]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a story about Edwin Walker's second day on the stand in his libel suit against the Associated Press.
Date: June 11, 1964
Duration: 1 minute 13 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: High speed chase]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a story about the arrest of Wesley Talmage Pursley, Jr., who led police on a high-speed chase through East Fort Worth.
Date: June 11, 1964
Duration: 1 minute 50 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Tennis]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story.
Date: June 25, 1964
Duration: 34 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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School System Improvement through Building Leadership, Adult Learning, and Capacity: A Consideration of Instructional Rounds as a Systemic Improvement Practice

Description: The problem of the study was determining the supportive conditions related to instructional rounds (rounds) to understand better what conditions may allow for sustained systemic improvement over time. Three Texas school districts were studied to understand the perceptions of district leaders, principals, teacher leaders, and teachers with regard to the sustainability of instructional rounds as a systemic improvement practice, the supportive conditions necessary for sustainability, the salient … more
Date: December 2017
Creator: Warnock, Teresa Georgeanne
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Understanding the Perceptions and Indications of the Goals and Unique Aspects of the Foundations for Success (FFS) Curriculum Model: A Case Study in a North Texas Private Preschool

Description: This quantitative and qualitative case study examined the educators' perceptions of both the goals and unique aspects of the foundations for success (FFS) curriculum model. Specifically, this study was designed to explain the experiences of 55 early childhood educators and administrators who all had similar exposure to the FFS curriculum model. This study sought to understand the educators' perceptions of the specific goals of using pertinent curriculum and instruction terminology and the paral… more
Date: December 2017
Creator: Jackey, Lisa
Partner: UNT Libraries
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African American Student Placement in Disciplinary Alternative Education Programs

Description: The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship (predicative capability) between selected variables, specifically, African American student enrollment, teacher ethnicity, and urban or rural district classification and the number of African American student placements in a disciplinary alternative education program (DAEP). The study used a non-experimental ex post facto design. Archival data from the Texas Education Agency were used to identify Texas schools that sent African Ameri… more
Date: December 2017
Creator: Foss, Ivy
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Trends in Special Education Due Process Hearings in Texas from 2010-2015: School, Parent, and Social Justice Issues that Inform a Principal's Decision-Making

Description: This study explores all due process hearings that occurred in Texas public school districts from 2010-2015. Special attention was paid to the reasons for the hearings within the legal reports addressed and their outcomes. The study was conducted using a quantitative approach involving a legal document content analysis of due process hearings to select the participants to be interviewed with a qualitative semi-structured interview protocol. Following this process, nine participants from one dist… more
Date: December 2017
Creator: Poton, Marcy Rose
Partner: UNT Libraries
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These Walls Can Talk: An Ethnographic Study of the Interior Schoolscape of Three High Schools

Description: The schoolhouse is a place in which messages for student consumption are typically found with classroom lectures, text, and activities. As with any social setting, however, the communication is not confined to one space but extends, in this case, to hallways, common spaces, and exterior of the building. One of the most common practices for the delivery of messages to students within the schoolhouse is through visual signage. Visual signage can traverse disciplines encompassing concepts from … more
Date: December 2017
Creator: Hamilton, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries
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[News Clip: Pilots]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a story about the 13th annual Skylady Derby and the arrival of the 14 competing pilots at Addison Airport in Dallas.
Date: June 18, 1964
Duration: 2 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Flag Day]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a story about two separate Flag Day celebrations sponsored by the Dallas Elks and the Fort Worth Elks.
Date: June 14, 1964
Duration: 2 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Bank]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a story about the opening of Liberty National Bank in South Dallas, which claims to be the first integrated national bank in Texas.
Date: June 8, 1964
Duration: 1 minute 37 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Mental health]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a story about Frank E. Proctor of the National Association for Mental Health speaking on the topic of mental health at a luncheon of the Dallas Mental Health Association.
Date: June 25, 1964
Duration: 1 minute 47 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Walker trial]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a story about jury deliberations in the libel suit brought by Edwin Walker against the Associated Press.
Date: June 18, 1964
Duration: 52 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Community event]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story.
Date: June 24, 1964
Duration: 1 minute 03 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: New paratroops]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a story about East and North Texas men being sworn into the Lone Star Airborne Platoon by Major General William Calhoun at the Hotel Adolphus in Dallas, Texas.
Date: June 25, 1964
Duration: 1 minute 16 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Meeting]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story.
Date: June 25, 1964
Duration: 39 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Fowler visits Ruby]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a story about Clayton Fowler visiting his new client, Jack Ruby, for the first time. The story includes footage of an interview with news reporter Bob Welch and Fowler.
Date: June 11, 1964
Duration: 2 minutes 26 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Walker libel suit]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a story about Edwin Walker's libel suit against the Associated Press.
Date: June 11, 1964
Duration: 35 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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