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Educator's Beliefs on the Professional Support Needed for Paraprofessional Librarians in Technology-Rich Elementary Campuses: A Qualitative Narrative Inquiry

Description: Libraries can have a significant impact on today's students and the schools of today and tomorrow. The way students learn is changing as technology changes: rapidly. The knowledge and skills that today's librarians carry can influence the students immensely, including their use of technology. However, with many districts suffering budget cuts, one of the first positions to cut is the certified librarian, replaced by a library paraprofessional. These budget cuts will impact what the libraries ca… more
Date: May 2022
Creator: Joseph, Stacy Renee
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Catalogue of OTA Publications

Description: Listings of publications by subject from the Office of Technology Assessment, with some contextual information about the organization and ongoing work.
Date: January 1993
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Script: Civil defense]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Civil Defense Survival Preparedness course.
Date: February 12, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Federal Register, Volume 75, Number 118, June 21, 2010, Pages 34923-35288

Description: Daily publication of the U.S. Office of the Federal Register contains rules and regulations, proposed legislation and rule changes, and other notices, including "Presidential proclamations and Executive Orders, Federal agency documents having general applicability and legal effect, documents required to be published by act of Congress, and other Federal agency documents of public interest" (p. ii). Table of Contents starts on page iii.
Date: June 21, 2010
Creator: United States. Office of the Federal Register.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[Letter from Linus Wright to James R. Miller, November 24, 1987]

Description: Letter from Linus Wright to James R. Miller, on November 24, 1987, thanking Miller for a letter of congratulations upon Wright's appointment to the board of the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science. Wright also apologizes for not being able to serve on the board at this time.
Date: November 24, 1987
Creator: Wright, Linus
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science
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Candidates' Perception of Training and Self-Efficacy in Traditional and Alternative Teacher Preparation Programs.

Description: This research was encouraged by the tremendous demand for teachers. Two million new teachers will be needed in the United States over the next decade. The teacher shortage has school administration, school boards, education agencies, and institutions of higher education investigating how to train and retain more teachers. Alternative certification programs have been developed to address the teacher shortage. This study examined the effectiveness of traditionally and alternatively certified teac… more
Date: May 2003
Creator: Thompson, Tierney M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Professional Learning Communities and the Supportive Conditions for Improved Teacher Instructional Practices

Description: The purpose of the study was to examine and evaluate the extent to which the supportive conditions (collaboration, teacher efficacy, shared leadership, and trust) were present in the district's current professional learning communities (PLCs) model, and whether teachers perceived the supportive conditions to be related to improving their instructional practices. This mixed-methods study used Pearson correlation coefficient, multiple regression, and focus group interviews to concurrently triangu… more
Date: May 2023
Creator: Parham, Charlene Marie
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Technology-enhanced Classroom Environments and English Language Acquisition Among Native Spanish-speaking, English Language Learners in the Preschool and Elementary Classroom

Description: This qualitative study addressed the question: What are the perceptions of preschool and elementary bilingual and ESL teachers on how technology-enhanced classroom environments support native Spanish-speaking English language learners in the acquisition of English as a second language? With the support of six school districts representing three different regions and 15 schools in Texas, this research investigated technology-enhanced learning environments and the influence of emerging technologi… more
Date: August 2013
Creator: Miller, Gary
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Managing for Results: Emerging Benefits From Selected Agencies' Use of Performance Agreements

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Veterans Health Administration, the Department of Transportation, and the Office of Student Financial Assistance have begun to use results- oriented performance agreements to align agency expectations with organizational goals. Each agency developed and implemented agreements that reflected their specific organizational priorities, structures, and cultures. GAO identified the following five common emerging… more
Date: October 30, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Combating Child Pornography: Federal Agencies Coordinate Law Enforcement Efforts, but an Opportunity Exists for Further Enhancement

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The trafficking of child pornography through increasingly sophisticated electronic media, including Internet chat rooms, newsgroups, and peer-to-peer networks, has made such images more readily accessible. These technological advances have created more challenges for law enforcement, including requiring effective coordination to combat this crime. The federal law enforcement agencies that play a role in invest… more
Date: December 2, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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CFO Act of 1990: Driving the Transformation of Federal Financial Management

Description: Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In 1990, the Chief Financial Officers (CFO) Act, heralded as the most comprehensive financial management reform legislation in 40 years, was enacted. The Act's goal is to improve management through reliable, useful, and timely financial and performance information for day-to-day decisionmaking and accountability. This testimony outlines the legislative history of the CFO Act, and its key elements, progress to… more
Date: November 17, 2005
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Unauthorized Alien Students: Issues and "DREAM Act" Legislation

Description: Supporters of comprehensive immigration reform have urged the President and Congress to pursue reform legislation. While legislative action on comprehensive reform does not appear likely during the remainder of the 111th Congress, there may be an effort to enact a measure, commonly referred to as the "DREAM Act," to enable certain unauthorized alien students to legalize their status. This report discusses the DREAM act and related issues.
Date: December 1, 2010
Creator: Bruno, Andorra
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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An Evaluation of Filmstrips in the Teaching of Reading in the First Grade in Tom Bean, Texas.

Description: The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of the use of filmstrips as an aid in teaching reading to a group of first grade children in the Tom Bean Consolidated School. A further purpose, and probably the most important as it deals with the ultimate objective of education, is the effect that visual aid has upon the behavior of boys and girls.
Date: 1951
Creator: Odle, Neva S.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
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A proposed office of technology development education program

Description: The office of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management (EM) was formed within the US Department of Energy (DOE) to clean up radioactive and hazardous wastes on US government sites associated with the production and use of nuclear weapon materials In order to insure the development and demonstration of technologies necessary for the task, EM established an office of Technology Development (OTD). Furthermore, in order to accomplish this massive effort, DOE and its contractors will need larg… more
Date: December 31, 1992
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Unified Agenda: Implications for Rulemaking Transparency and Participation

Description: This report examines the Unified Agenda's issue and discusses options that Congress or the President can use to improve transparency and participation via the Unified Agenda or other means. The report also discusses Obama Administration's open government initiative, the rulemaking process, and the potential value of comments prior to the publication of a proposed rule.
Date: July 20, 2009
Creator: Copeland, Curtis W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Gulf Coast Hurricanes: Addressing Survivors’ Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment Needs

Description: This report describes federal assistance programs in Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that address mental health and substance abuse problems following disasters. In addition, relevant policy issues are presented in the context of the 2005 hurricanes, and several prior disasters. Three appendices provide information on Crisis Counseling Assistance and Training Program (CCP) awards made to states in response to Hurricane Katrina, Rita, and Wilma, and on the scope of services that co… more
Date: November 29, 2006
Creator: Sundararaman, Ramya; Lister, Sarah A. & Williams, Erin D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Energy Provisions in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (P.L. 111-5)

Description: This report discusses the energy appropriations in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA, P.L. 111-5). It includes background information, a summary of provisions, and detailed explanations of the relevant appropriations and tax provisions.
Date: March 3, 2009
Creator: Sissine, Fred; Andrews, Anthony; Folger, Peter; Kaplan, Stan M.; Morgan, Daniel; Stine, Deborah D. et al.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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