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A Legal Analysis of Litigation Against Mississippi Educators and School Systems Under the Mississippi Tort Claims Act

Description: This dissertation analyzes court cases involving tort claims filed against Mississippi public schools and their employees under the Mississippi Tort Claims Act. The question addressed was: How have the Mississippi courts interpreted the Mississippi Tort Claims Act in litigation against Mississippi school districts and their employees? The intent of this dissertation is to add to the understanding of the legal concept of sovereign immunity as it has been applied to public schools and their emplo… more
Date: May 2013
Creator: Kriesel-Hall, Sara B.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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[Jake Mangum, Outrageous Oral]

Description: Video of Jake Mangum, a Project Development Librarian working on The Portal to Texas History at UNT, speaking at Outrageous Oral. During his session Mangum speaks about his youth and growing up with the label of different due to amniotic band syndrome that affected his hands along with being gay. He continues with the idea of labels but makes them his own as he recalls the moments when he and his partner decide to marry each other and adopt two daughters.
Date: October 15, 2015
Duration: 9 minutes 40 seconds
Creator: The Dallas Way
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Transgender Panel]

Description: Video of the people involved in a Transgender Panel on the UNT campus in 2011. There are five total and they have name cards in front of them. Dr. Mark Vosvick, a Professor in the Psychology Department on campus, opens the panel and introduces the event.
Date: February 8, 2011
Duration: 2 hours 32 minutes 43 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Educational Performance: Texas Open Enrollment Charter High Schools Compared to Traditional Public High Schools

Description: The study examined mathematics and English student achievement, attendance rates, dropout rates, and expenditures per pupil for Texas high school students in both open-enrollment charter schools and traditional public high schools for the 2009–2010 school year. All data were assembled using archived information found at the Texas Education Agency (TEA). This information included the TEA report entitled Texas Open Enrollment Charter Schools Evaluation; TEA Snapshot Yearly Report; and Academic … more
Date: December 2012
Creator: Jackson, Nokomis “Butch,” Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries

[Jerry Cope instructing Flint Academy]

Description: Photograph of Jerry Cope giving a presentation at the Flint Academy's Fall Festival. He is standing in front of attendees in folding chairs and a helper is holding a musket rifle beside him. There is a shade canopy set up over the TXSSAR tables behind them.
Date: October 6, 2018
Creator: Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, Arlington Chapter 7
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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