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Title: Analysis of coastal morphodynamic zones based on detailed mapping in Palm Beach County, Florida.
Creator: Warner, Matthew Thomas, Florida Atlantic University, Finkl, Charles W.
Abstract/Description: Dynamic geomorphic environments such as the inner continental shelf challenge understanding and compromise predictive abilities because most efforts fail to establish seafloor topologies. A new approach, which takes stock of existing conditions and monitors changes in coastal morphologic features, is needed. Procedures employed in this study feature a morphodynamic context that considers interdependence between hydrodynamic processes, seafloor morphologies, and sequences of change. This study...
Show moreDynamic geomorphic environments such as the inner continental shelf challenge understanding and compromise predictive abilities because most efforts fail to establish seafloor topologies. A new approach, which takes stock of existing conditions and monitors changes in coastal morphologic features, is needed. Procedures employed in this study feature a morphodynamic context that considers interdependence between hydrodynamic processes, seafloor morphologies, and sequences of change. This study delineates morphodynamic zones by interpreting coastal morphologic features mapped from large-scale aerial photographs. Resulting maps display morphologic features and morphodynamic zones for the inner continental shelf of central Palm Beach County, Florida. The technique improves on existing methods by providing quantitative data on submarine morphology that can be monitored over time to analyze changes in form and association. Increased understanding of inner continental shelf morphologic features, and their variation through time, provides insight into the sequences of change, which may include recognition of erosion hot spots.
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Date Issued: 1999
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15637
Subject Headings: Coast changes--Florida--Palm Beach County, Remote sensing--Florida--Palm Beach County, Palm Beach County (Fla )--Aerial photographs
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Florida's definition and subsequent calculatons of a public high school graduate: a critical race theory analysis.
Creator: Watson, Terri N., College of Education, Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
Abstract/Description: On March 18, 2008, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Florida filed a class action lawsuit against The Palm Beach County School Board and its district superintendent on behalf of approximately 176,000 students under their jurisdiction (Schroeder v. The Palm Beach County School Board, 2008). The plaintiffs cited the defendants for their failure "to provide a uniform, efficient, safe, secure, and high quality education" (p. 7) as required by the Florida Constitution, Article IX, ß 1....
Show moreOn March 18, 2008, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Florida filed a class action lawsuit against The Palm Beach County School Board and its district superintendent on behalf of approximately 176,000 students under their jurisdiction (Schroeder v. The Palm Beach County School Board, 2008). The plaintiffs cited the defendants for their failure "to provide a uniform, efficient, safe, secure, and high quality education" (p. 7) as required by the Florida Constitution, Article IX, ß 1. They contended that their claim was substantiated by The School District of Palm Beach County's (SDPBC) dismal high school graduation rates. Spurred by the lawsuit, I wanted to understand the controversy surrounding high school graduation rates, in spite of decades of school reform measures, and why different calculation methods are utilized in the state of Florida. In respect to the latter point, I was curious to learn about the differences among graduation rate calculation methods and what impact, if any, these differences had on the reporting of high school graduation rates, particularly those for students of color. Black America's past and present reality in public education has illustrated the need for new paradigms to address the achievement gap promulgated by contextual factors that serve to impede the academic achievement of all students. The statistical analyses and Critical Race Realist perspective, which has evolved from Critical Race Theory when applied to policy research, offered in this study found Florida's definition and subsequent calculations of a public high school graduate to result in significant and consistent differences among graduation rates relative to student race and graduation rate calculation method.
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Date Issued: 2010
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/1930490
Subject Headings: Discrimination in education, Educational equalization, School improvement programs, High school graduates
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Title: Analysis of Backgroundwater Chemistry and Local Hydrologic Conditions ofPondhawk Natural Area Pre-Wetland Construction.
Creator: Carlson, Eric Sven, Root, Tara L., Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description: This thesis evaluates the water chemistry and hydrology of an urban environmental preserve in advance of wetland construction. Pondhawk Natural Area (PNA) is located in densely populated Palm Beach County, Florida and was acquired through the County's Environmentally Sensitive Lands Acquisition Program as a protected natural area. In an effort to restore the natural area to pre-development conditions Palm Beach County will construct a wetland in the area where hydric conditions persisted...
Show moreThis thesis evaluates the water chemistry and hydrology of an urban environmental preserve in advance of wetland construction. Pondhawk Natural Area (PNA) is located in densely populated Palm Beach County, Florida and was acquired through the County's Environmentally Sensitive Lands Acquisition Program as a protected natural area. In an effort to restore the natural area to pre-development conditions Palm Beach County will construct a wetland in the area where hydric conditions persisted prior to the extensive canal construction that lowered groundwater levels. Results of this study wi II provide initial characterization of hydrology and water quality of PNA before wetland construction and lay the groundwork for future monitoring and improvements.
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Date Issued: 2008
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000730
Subject Headings: Soil chemistry--Florida--Palm Beach County, Water chemistry--Florida--Palm Beach County, Wetland hydrology--Florida--Palm Beach County, Groundwater flow--Florida--Palm Beach County
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Title: Some Aspects of the Ecology of the Reefs of Palm Beach County, Florida, with Emphasis on the Gogonacea and their Bathymetric Distribution.
Creator: Goldberg, Walter M., Dobkin, Sheldon, Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description: This paper presents data relative to the ecology and bathymetric distribution of hermatypic gorgonians. The reefs were analyzed with respect to faunal composition and zonation. Ecological data such as turbidity, light penetration, salinity, dissolved oxygen and temperature were taken directly on the reefs. The main reef was carbondated (C^14 ) to determine the length of time required for development. Gorgonians were transplanted from 9 meters to 18 and 30 meters to observe growth rates and...
Show moreThis paper presents data relative to the ecology and bathymetric distribution of hermatypic gorgonians. The reefs were analyzed with respect to faunal composition and zonation. Ecological data such as turbidity, light penetration, salinity, dissolved oxygen and temperature were taken directly on the reefs. The main reef was carbondated (C^14 ) to determine the length of time required for development. Gorgonians were transplanted from 9 meters to 18 and 30 meters to observe growth rates and spicule changes. The relationships of zooxanthellae to the hermatypic Gorgonacea were analyzed and discussed. Experiments were conducted concerning respiration and photosynthetic rates, minimum oxygen tolerance, compensation intensities and depth, and starvation in the light as well as in the dark. Tolerance limits were establIshed for various levels of salinity, and temperature. Feeding behavior experiments were recorded and the relationship of gorgonian populations to the reef structure and community were discussed.
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Date Issued: 1970
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000770
Subject Headings: Reefs--Florida--Palm Beach County, Alcyonacea
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Title: Belt of blight: Public policy and housing segregation in Palm Beach County, 1960-1986.
Creator: Lands, LeeAnn Bishop., Florida Atlantic University, Mohl, Raymond A.
Abstract/Description: In this study, public documents, zoning maps, and government correspondence are used to examine how local, state, and federal housing policy maintained segregated and blighted low-income housing along Palm Beach County's I-95 corridor. Since the 1960s, federal housing subsidies were cut and responsibility for provision of affordable housing devolved upon local officials. Additionally, state officials were stagnated by discussions of the role of government in the provision of affordable...
Show moreIn this study, public documents, zoning maps, and government correspondence are used to examine how local, state, and federal housing policy maintained segregated and blighted low-income housing along Palm Beach County's I-95 corridor. Since the 1960s, federal housing subsidies were cut and responsibility for provision of affordable housing devolved upon local officials. Additionally, state officials were stagnated by discussions of the role of government in the provision of affordable housing. At the local level, land-use patterns and ineffective use of federal programs prevented the expansion of housing opportunities for minorities and the poor, thereby maintaining racial and socioeconomic segregation.
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Date Issued: 1995
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15194
Subject Headings: Housing policy--Florida--Palm Beach County, Poor--Housing--Florida--Palm Beach County, Urban policy--Florida--Palm Beach County, Palm Beach County (Fla)--Housing
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Title: THE EFFECTS OF A WASTEWATER OUTFALL ON BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES IN LAKE WORTH (PALM BEACH COUNTY), FLORIDA.
Creator: DEIS, DONALD RAY., Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description: Quantitative reference data were collected along two transects in the area of a wastewater outfall in Lake Worth (Palm Beach County), Florida. Benthic samples were taken during two sampling periods (3 February 1977 and 6 July 1977) at six stations along each transect. Two physical-chemical stations were sampled weekly between benthic sampling periods and during two 12 h periods (5 February 1977 and 8 July 1977). Water quality and sediment data were correlated with the distribution and...
Show moreQuantitative reference data were collected along two transects in the area of a wastewater outfall in Lake Worth (Palm Beach County), Florida. Benthic samples were taken during two sampling periods (3 February 1977 and 6 July 1977) at six stations along each transect. Two physical-chemical stations were sampled weekly between benthic sampling periods and during two 12 h periods (5 February 1977 and 8 July 1977). Water quality and sediment data were correlated with the distribution and abundance of benthic fauna. Significant differences (ANOVA, a < 0.05) in the physical-chemical conditions were found between the area near the outfall and background conditions in the estuary. Diversity (H') significantly (SNK, P < 0.05) decreased and dominance (c) significantly (SNK, P < 0.05) increased in the area of the outfall. The area surrounding the outfall was dominated by the pollution-tolerant polychaete Capitella capitata which represented a pollution indicator and opportunistic species in this study.
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Date Issued: 1978
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13949
Subject Headings: Water--Pollution--Florida--Palm Beach County, Refuse and refuse disposal--Florida--Palm Beach County
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Title: Archaeological investigations at the Gumbo Limbo site (8PB5375), Palm Beach County, Florida.
Creator: Dean, Jonathan Andrew., Florida Atlantic University, Fradkin, Arlene
Abstract/Description: Between January and August 2002, the Department of Anthropology conducted an archaeological investigation of site 8PB5375, located on a barrier island in southeastern Palm Beach County, Florida. Testing revealed that the site contains three occupational components that all date to the Glades I early period (2450 to 1450 B.P.). The components consists of (1) three midden areas, each consisting of numerous kitchen middens and an open, public space; (2) a sand/shell midden containing dense bone...
Show moreBetween January and August 2002, the Department of Anthropology conducted an archaeological investigation of site 8PB5375, located on a barrier island in southeastern Palm Beach County, Florida. Testing revealed that the site contains three occupational components that all date to the Glades I early period (2450 to 1450 B.P.). The components consists of (1) three midden areas, each consisting of numerous kitchen middens and an open, public space; (2) a sand/shell midden containing dense bone and ash; and (3) a small shell midden with an associated cooking pit. These components are interpreted to represent several temporary habitation campsites, a seasonal extractive camp, and a short-term campsite, respectively. The occupations retain Archaic influences yet follow Glades developmental trends of increasing pottery usage, reliance on fishing, and coastal occupation. The study provides basic information on precolumbian subsistence and settlement patterns in Palm Beach County, an area that has received little archaeological attention.
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Date Issued: 2002
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12937
Subject Headings: Archaeological surveying--Florida--Palm Beach County, Palm Beach County (Fla)--Antiquities
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Intercontinental document delivery: the American University of Armenia (AUA)/Florida Atlantic University (FAU) experience.
Creator: Avakian, Satenik, Frankel, Ken
Date Issued: 2003-01
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11514
Subject Headings: Document delivery, Interlibrary loans, Library cooperation
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS INFLUENCING PUBLIC ACQUISITION OF BEACHFRONT LANDS AS ILLUSTRATED IN PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA.
Creator: FLANAGAN, ROBERT LAWRENCE., Florida Atlantic University, Latham, James P., Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Geosciences
Abstract/Description: This study evaluates the influence that several geographic factors have upon the public acquisition of beachfront lands. It demonstrates that they have a continuing and very important impact upon efforts to establish public beaches. Factors were analyzed to reveal differing aspects of their influence upon such acquisition, and particularly how they differ in various locations. The analyses illustrate spatial interrelationships that exist among geographic factors relating to the beach lands:...
Show moreThis study evaluates the influence that several geographic factors have upon the public acquisition of beachfront lands. It demonstrates that they have a continuing and very important impact upon efforts to establish public beaches. Factors were analyzed to reveal differing aspects of their influence upon such acquisition, and particularly how they differ in various locations. The analyses illustrate spatial interrelationships that exist among geographic factors relating to the beach lands: physiography, patterns of settlement, political fragmentation, ownership, access, coastal economics, groups and individuals, and governmental roles. The influence of geographic principles are also illustrated by the study. It is demonstrated that awareness of the geographic influences involved in a public beach acquisition program could permit a more knowledgeable analysis of a beach area; thereby contributing to the possibilities for a better program and increased success in acquiring public beaches.
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Date Issued: 1975
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13755
Subject Headings: Land use--Florida--Palm Beach County, Beaches--Florida--Palm Beach County, Public lands--Florida--Palm Beach County--Recreational use
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Title: False crawls by loggerhead sea turtles in Palm Beach County, Florida.
Creator: Leech, Anna, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Abstract/Description: In Florida, loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) nesting populations are in decline, and human presence on beaches during nesting season can create an array of problems for the sea turtles. Volunteers and workers from the Loggerhead Marinelife Center collected nesting data from 2001 to 2005 along a 9.7 km stretch of Jupiter and Juno Beach, in Palm Beach County, Florida. Using these data, I found that human presence appears to have a negative impact on false crawl rates. The rate of false...
Show moreIn Florida, loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) nesting populations are in decline, and human presence on beaches during nesting season can create an array of problems for the sea turtles. Volunteers and workers from the Loggerhead Marinelife Center collected nesting data from 2001 to 2005 along a 9.7 km stretch of Jupiter and Juno Beach, in Palm Beach County, Florida. Using these data, I found that human presence appears to have a negative impact on false crawl rates. The rate of false crawl was significantly higher on weekends than on weekdays(χ2 = 6.3, p < 0.05), and in areas with continuous public access than in areas with no public access(χ2 = 69.0, p < 0.0001). However, there was no significant difference in the number of nests laid on weekends versus weekdays(χ2 = 0.6, p > 0.05), although there are still other, less obvious negative effects caused by false crawling, and even nesting, while humans are in the vicinity. Even though it is impractical to try to keep people off the beach at night, it is important to increase awareness of the negative impacts that human presence may have on sea turtle nesting in order to help reverse the decline in the population of loggerhead sea turtles.
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Date Issued: 2008
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/77673
Subject Headings: Sea turtles, Wildlife conservation, Loggerhead turtle, Sea turtles, Orientation
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Block scheduling: Its impact on academic achievement, and the perceptions of students, teachers, and administrators.
Creator: Hamdy, Mona., Florida Atlantic University, Urich, Ted R.
Abstract/Description: This study consists of three parts. The first part determined if significant differences exist in the scores of students on four standardized tests between two block and two traditional scheduling schools. The assessment instruments were standardized tests given to students in Palm Beach County School District in the state of Florida: (a) Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills (CTBS) for grade 9, (b) Grade Ten Assessment Test (GTAT), (c) Florida Writes (FW) for grade 10, and (d) High School...
Show moreThis study consists of three parts. The first part determined if significant differences exist in the scores of students on four standardized tests between two block and two traditional scheduling schools. The assessment instruments were standardized tests given to students in Palm Beach County School District in the state of Florida: (a) Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills (CTBS) for grade 9, (b) Grade Ten Assessment Test (GTAT), (c) Florida Writes (FW) for grade 10, and (d) High School Competency Test (HSCT) for grade 11. Approximately 2,000 students took each of the four tests for each grade, a total of 8,000 participants. Significant differences (p <.00125) were found between students scores on the FW and the HSCT. The traditional scheduling students outperformed those at the block scheduling schools in regards to the FW and the HSCT. Results of statistical analysis indicated a significant difference between the 4 x 4 schedule and the alternate day schedule only in terms of achievement on the Florida Writes. Students at the alternate day school outperformed those at the 4 x 4 scheduling school on the Florida Writes test. Schools' records indicated that the rate of suspension has decreased during the year of implementing block scheduling for the alternate day scheduling school, and increased for the 4 x 4 scheduling school. There was no change in the absentee rate at both types of block scheduling schools. The second part of this study was to compare differences in perceptions among teachers and students towards the two types of block scheduling. A Likert-type survey was answered by 101 teachers from both types of schools. Statistical analysis indicated a significant difference between the perceptions of teachers from the 4 x 4 and the alternate day scheduling schools in terms of class size. Teachers disagreed that class size has decreased because of the implementation of block scheduling. Regarding students' perceptions, 931 students from both schools participated in answering the questionnaire. There were significant differences among students on their preference to remain on block scheduling. The third part of this study examined differences between the perceptions of administrators of different types of block scheduling. A Likert-type survey consisting of 26 items was sent to selected principals throughout the nation. Twenty two out of the 24 items did not prove to be significant at the 0.0021 level. There were differences in administrators perceptions towards the failure rate. Similar results were found in regards to discipline problems. The Scheffe post hoc test was administered to determine which pairwise group differences were significant. Survey results indicated that administrators perceived that the science department is the happiest department with block scheduling, and that mathematics and foreign language are the least happy.
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Date Issued: 1996
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12477
Subject Headings: Schedules, School--Florida--Palm Beach County, High schools--Florida--Palm Beach County, School year--Florida--Palm Beach County, School management and organization, Academic achievement
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Title: Attitude changes in year-round education as a result of a community information program.
Creator: Comerford, Linnie Sue, Florida Atlantic University, Weppner, Daniel B., Morris, John D.
Abstract/Description: This research study investigated the relationship between the public's knowledge about and attitudes toward year-round education. The variables investigated included the participants' gender, race, age, number of school-age children, marital status, family income, educational level attained, and sources of information about year-round education. The subjects of this study were 418 adults of Southeastern Florida. Palm Beach County is one of the fastest growing school districts in the country...
Show moreThis research study investigated the relationship between the public's knowledge about and attitudes toward year-round education. The variables investigated included the participants' gender, race, age, number of school-age children, marital status, family income, educational level attained, and sources of information about year-round education. The subjects of this study were 418 adults of Southeastern Florida. Palm Beach County is one of the fastest growing school districts in the country with the addition of approximately 5,000 students each year. There is a need to restructure the educational system with year-round education as one of the possibilities. This study examines the effect of year-round education information on community attitudes. The findings showed that demographic variables appeared to have no significant relationship to attitudes toward year-round education and that the treatment had an ineffective influence on participants' attitudes.
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Date Issued: 1995
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12421
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: The impact of collegial peer coaching teacher training program upon Palm Beach County teachers' sense of self-efficacy.
Creator: Weil, Marion., Florida Atlantic University, Hunt, John J.
Abstract/Description: The Palm Beach County School District, FL, (District) has introduced collegial peer coaching as one element of staff development in making training more effective for school improvement in making training more effective for school improvement practices. The purpose of this research was to ascertain the effects of collegial peer coaching on teachers' perception of self-efficacy. Developing skills to improve student achievement is the goal of inservice training for teachers. Teacher efficacy...
Show moreThe Palm Beach County School District, FL, (District) has introduced collegial peer coaching as one element of staff development in making training more effective for school improvement in making training more effective for school improvement practices. The purpose of this research was to ascertain the effects of collegial peer coaching on teachers' perception of self-efficacy. Developing skills to improve student achievement is the goal of inservice training for teachers. Teacher efficacy requires practice and refinement in order for teachers to gain executive control over newly-learned strategies. No empirical evidence exists regarding the effects of collegial peer coaching on teacher behaviors. The Teacher Locus of Control Scale was administered in a two-group study to determine whether teachers' sense of self-efficacy was impacted significantly by involvement in collegial peer coaching, years of teaching experience, teaching grade level, or by geographic location (work site) in the District. The treatment group subjects (collegial peer coaches, n = 102) and control group subjects (teachers not involved in collegial peer coaching, n=102) were surveyed in a pre- and posttest application to test the hypotheses. Results of the study indicate that teachers' sense of self-efficacy is impacted significantly by collegial peer coaching and by geographic location within the District (p <.05). A significant interaction effect was found between collegial peer coaching status and teaching grade level (p <.05).
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Date Issued: 1995
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12398
Subject Headings: Teachers--Training of--Florida--Palm Beach County, Mentoring in education--Florida--Palm Beach County, Teachers--Attitudes, Motivation in education--Florida--Palm Beach County
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Title: WITH MORE THAN DELIBERATE SPEED: A HISTORICAL STUDY OF SIX MAJOR ISSUES IN SECONDARY EDUCATION IN PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA 1954 - 1972 FROM A BLACK PERSPECTIVE.
Creator: BRYANT, BRADFORD CARLETON, Florida Atlantic University, Smith, Lawrence E.
Abstract/Description: In the decision-making process, the exclusion of participants who are to be guided by the resulting decision is unconstitutional and undemocratic. Black voices in Palm Beach County, Florida were totally excluded from the six major issues--The Phase-Out of all Black Secondary Schools; Re-assignment of Black Administrators and Teachers; Busing; Curriculum: Secondary Migrant Education--that affected their socio-economic welfare. The study of these six major issues in Palm Beach County was...
Show moreIn the decision-making process, the exclusion of participants who are to be guided by the resulting decision is unconstitutional and undemocratic. Black voices in Palm Beach County, Florida were totally excluded from the six major issues--The Phase-Out of all Black Secondary Schools; Re-assignment of Black Administrators and Teachers; Busing; Curriculum: Secondary Migrant Education--that affected their socio-economic welfare. The study of these six major issues in Palm Beach County was compiled using historical methodology based on investigations conducted through interviews, school board minutes and agendas, court cases, and news media records. More than three-hundred Blacks were interviewed but only twenty-seven gave their permission to be quoted directly or to be taped while being interviewed. Several Whites were interviewed and, among these, was Dr. A. D. Thorpe, a former school board member and its chairman at one time. Interviews were open-ended, taped when possible, and in other cases, notes were made immediately after the conclusion of the interview. This study illustrates the hard-line resistance to federal laws and guidelines demonstrated by Palm Beach County's power structure in its effort to retain a separate but- equal system of education. Even though the elected officials were White, many KNIGHTS (Known Negroes In Good Harmonious Taste) were supportive of any action taken so long as they received their dole from whatever gross accumulated. The year 1970 brought a change of color to the county school board with the election of Daniel W. Hendrix, a former all Black Roosevelt Junior College (now phased out) teacher, who currently teaches at the desegregated Palm Beach Junior College. The observable changes in Palm Beach County's Secondary Education System are very few. Positions in the decision-making ranks are so minute that Black voices remain a whisper when shouting for equality under the laws of state and nation. This general attitude and adamant position must change if racial harmony and humanism are to become the ways and means for progress to touch Palm Beach County. The dissident voices of Black protestation must be heard and the relevance of their protest incorporated into the educational fabric of Palm Beach County. Until this is done, continued unrest, racism and distrust will remain the device by which progress must be measured now and in the future.
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Date Issued: 1975
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11650
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Surveillance of Culex nigripalpus populations in Palm Beach County, Florida.
Creator: Downing, Mary Lou Morales., Florida Atlantic University, Paulson, Sally L.
Abstract/Description: Populations of resting Culex nigripalpus were monitored with a ground aspirator weekly at four different sites in Palm Beach County, Florida from April, 1991, through March, 1992. There was no difference found in rainfall abundance or in temperature at the four sites, however mosquito production was significantly different. Baseline data of the population was established and two sites produced high numbers of Cx. nigripalpus. One of these two sites acted like an island for resting mosquitoes,...
Show morePopulations of resting Culex nigripalpus were monitored with a ground aspirator weekly at four different sites in Palm Beach County, Florida from April, 1991, through March, 1992. There was no difference found in rainfall abundance or in temperature at the four sites, however mosquito production was significantly different. Baseline data of the population was established and two sites produced high numbers of Cx. nigripalpus. One of these two sites acted like an island for resting mosquitoes, attracting them from surrounding areas; the other site had continuous standing water and constant mosquito numbers. Environmental parameters on population density and structure were also examined at the two sites. Only one of the sites showed correlation with rainfall in population density and structure. Both sites were identified for use in future St. Louis Encephalitis surveillance programs.
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Date Issued: 1994
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15002
Subject Headings: Culex--Florida--Palm Beach County, Mosquitoes as carriers of disease, Mosquitoes--Florida--Palm Beach County, Saint Louis encephalitis--Florida--Palm Beach County
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Title: Is there a relationship between academic achievement and school climate at the elementary, middle, or high school grade level?.
Creator: Doyal, Thomas Stacy., College of Education, Department of Teaching and Learning
Abstract/Description: Researchers have determined that many factors, including school climate, may be contributing to the lack of academic achievement of many of our students. In an effort to better understand this issue, this study tested for possible relationships between the school climate of multiple schools in Palm Beach County, Florida, and their students' academic achievement. Separate analyses were done at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. For the purpose of this study, academic achievement ...
Show moreResearchers have determined that many factors, including school climate, may be contributing to the lack of academic achievement of many of our students. In an effort to better understand this issue, this study tested for possible relationships between the school climate of multiple schools in Palm Beach County, Florida, and their students' academic achievement. Separate analyses were done at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. For the purpose of this study, academic achievement (criterion variable) was measure by the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, Math and Reading sections. School climate (predictor variable) was measured by the school district's yearly climate survey. In order to test the study's hypotheses, a linear multiple regression model using SPSS software was run to measure for any relationship between the criterion and predictor variables at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. The relationships of individual predictors with the criterion were tested with correlations and the model including all seven predictors was tested with multiple regressions.
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Date Issued: 2009
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/221943
Subject Headings: School improvement programs, Academic achievement, Educational equalization, Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, Educational tests and measurements
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Title: Acquiring minds want to know: the acquisitions process of videos and cd-roms.
Creator: Kachmar, Diane
Date Issued: 1999-09
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11521
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: " You're too late!": prenatal health seeking behaviors of Guatemalan Mayan women in Palm Beach County.
Creator: Supanich, Colleen., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
Abstract/Description: In this thesis I explore the circumstances in which pregnant Guatemalan Mayan women in South Florida communities found themselves. A local non-profit organization, the Guatemalan Maya Center (GMC), offered assistance to pregnant Mayan women to secure biomedical prenatal care, yet many continued to underutilize these services. The decision to utilize this form of care largely depended on whether a woman received care from a traditional midwife in the community. Women receiving care from a...
Show moreIn this thesis I explore the circumstances in which pregnant Guatemalan Mayan women in South Florida communities found themselves. A local non-profit organization, the Guatemalan Maya Center (GMC), offered assistance to pregnant Mayan women to secure biomedical prenatal care, yet many continued to underutilize these services. The decision to utilize this form of care largely depended on whether a woman received care from a traditional midwife in the community. Women receiving care from a midwife generally did not seek biomedical care until late in their pregnancies. Women unable to locate a midwife often incorporated biomedical care once they suspected pregnancy. Due to the difficulties accessing the GMC's services prior to enrollment many of these women did not obtain "timely" care. A better understanding of the ways in which Guatemalan Mayan women incorporated biomedical prenatal care into their lives is the first step towards increasing their participation in these services.
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Date Issued: 2009
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/192990
Subject Headings: Maya women, Medical care, Prenatal care, Maternal health services, Midwifery, Social aspects, Migrant agricultural laborers, Medical care
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Title: AN ANALYSIS OF TEACHERS' PERCEPTIONS OF TEACHER EVALUATION PRACTICES IN PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA.
Creator: WEBBER, WILHELMENA SWEET., Florida Atlantic University, Kerensky, Vasil M.
Abstract/Description: This study is a descriptive analysis of a population of public school teachers in the Palm Beach County School System. The Palm Beach County School System is the largest in geographical area of the school systems east of the Mississippi River and is presently composed of eighty-four (84) schools. The purpose of this study was to: (1) to discover what teachers perceive to be present practices in the teacher evaluation process, (2) to discover what teachers perceive to be desired practices in...
Show moreThis study is a descriptive analysis of a population of public school teachers in the Palm Beach County School System. The Palm Beach County School System is the largest in geographical area of the school systems east of the Mississippi River and is presently composed of eighty-four (84) schools. The purpose of this study was to: (1) to discover what teachers perceive to be present practices in the teacher evaluation process, (2) to discover what teachers perceive to be desired practices in the teacher evaluation process, and (3) to gain some new insights concerning these perceptions, which hopefully will help to develop better practices of evaluating teachers. The stratified random sampling technique was used to select the participants in the study. A list containing the names, addresses, teaching assignment, race, sex and teaching status of all teachers in Palm Beach County was used to draw independent random samples from each stratum. The instrument used in this study was a questionnaire developed by the investigator. Because of the ordinal nature of the data, a Likert-type scale was used which presented selected issues identified in the literature. The instrument yielded information concerning teachers' perceptions of present practices and desired practices in the teacher evaluation process. It was found that there are discrepancies between what selected teachers perceive to be present practices of teacher evaluation and what they perceive to be desired practices of teacher evaluation. As a result of the data collected and analyzed, the following recommendations are offered: 1. Design and implement county-wide in-service workshops that would prepare all administrators and supervisors to evaluate teachers. Programs designed to improve the evaluating skills of administrators and supervisors are of paramount importance. Such programs should aid in the administration of an evaluation process which is fair to both parties. 2. Formulate a new approach to the teacher evaluation process that would incorporate those things that the majority of teachers feel would be most beneficial. Since teachers are the people who are being evaluated, to include those things that they feel are most beneficial would add a positive aspect to the entire structure of the evaluation process. 3. Study the impact of negotiations on the process of teacher evaluation. Situational aspects of the teachers' job such as class size, length of teachers' work day, size and location of the classroom, availability of classroom supplies, et cetera should be taken into consideration when evaluating teachers. 4. Design graduate courses in education that place greater emphasis on the evaluation of teaching. Discussions of the issues would aid administrators and teachers to establish a more viable solution to the problem of teacher evaluation. 5. Determine and analyze the perceptions of administrators concerning the teacher evaluation process. Research done to determine the perceptions of administrators concerning the teacher evaluation process, compared with the research that has been done to reveal the perceptions of teachers concerning the teacher evaluation process can enhance the chances of developing an evaluation process which will be acceptable to both groups. The teacher evaluation process must be personally useful to each teacher if it is to improve the quality of teacher performance and student achievement. It will also reward the competent, improve the promising, and rechannel the energies of those that are not performing at an acceptable level into fields of endeavor other than the field of education.
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Date Issued: 1976
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11674
Subject Headings: Teachers--Rating of--Florida--Palm Beach County
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Title: Academic performance and demographic variables in predicting success in college algebra and graduation rates in an urban multi-campus community college.
Creator: Pedersen, Ginger Lee., Florida Atlantic University, Decker, Larry E.
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this study was to develop a model to predict success in college algebra and in Associate in Arts graduation, and to examine the relationship between placing in one or more developmental education courses and Associate in Arts graduation. The study was conducted at a large urban community college in Palm Beach County, Florida with 1,142 first-time-in-college students who took the College Placement Test (CPT) as their entrance examination. The study was designed to determine...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to develop a model to predict success in college algebra and in Associate in Arts graduation, and to examine the relationship between placing in one or more developmental education courses and Associate in Arts graduation. The study was conducted at a large urban community college in Palm Beach County, Florida with 1,142 first-time-in-college students who took the College Placement Test (CPT) as their entrance examination. The study was designed to determine whether students' gender, age, ethnicity, grade point average (GPA), English language proficiency, nontraditional status, placement scores and number of developmental courses could predict a students' success in college algebra and graduating with the Associate in Arts degree, and how placing in one or more developmental course was correlated with graduating with the Associate in Arts degree. Three research hypotheses were developed to determine any significant predictive ability among the variables studied. Hypotheses 1 and 2 used discriminant analysis to determine the predicative ability of identified variables and hypothesis 3 used a Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient to assess the relationship of placing into one or more developmental courses on graduating with the Associate in Arts degree. All hypotheses were tested at the .05 level of significance. The results of the study indicated that for hypothesis 1 the variables of GPA, number of developmental courses, level of mathematics courses and mathematics placement score were all significant predictors. For hypothesis 2, the variables of GPA, placement scores in reading and writing, and the number of developmental courses were all significant predictors. For hypothesis 3, the number of developmental courses that a student tested into did have a significant relationship with the student's receiving an Associate in Arts degree. The results are discussed in relation to ensuring that students are better prepared for college-level work by a series of recommendations relating to collaborative efforts between community colleges and local high school districts. In addition, recommendations are made to re-align the developmental mathematics curriculum to effectively prepare students for subsequent college-level mathematics courses.
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Date Issued: 2004
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FADT12083
Subject Headings: Community colleges--Florida--Palm Beach County--Sociological aspects, Community college students--Florida--Palm Beach County--Statistics, Academic achievement--Florida--Palm Beach County, Postsecondary education--Research--Florida--Palm Beach County, Algebra
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