Parents Acquiring Learning Strategies (PALS): How Empowering Hispanic Parents Increases Parental Involvement and Student Achievement [PDF]
, 2013 Some Hispanic parents in Miami-Dade County show limited involvement in the educational process of their children. Currently, Miami-Dade County Public schools consists of an increasingly high number of language minority students who come from homes where ...
Gonzalez, Cristina +4 more
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Drugs, Crime, Space, and Time: A Spatiotemporal Examination of Drug Activity and Crime Rates [PDF]
, 2020 To take stock of the “neighborhood effects” of drug activity, we combined theoretical insights from the drugs and crime and communities and place literatures in examining the longitudinal relationship between drug activity and crime rates at more ...
Contreras, C, Hipp, JR
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Climate Change and Insurance: Embracing Resilience for Private Market Survival
Sustainable Development, Volume 33, Issue 6, Page 8499-8510, December 2025.ABSTRACT Private insurance is a major mechanism for managing natural disaster risk in the U.S. Public programs cannot generate sufficient capital to provide adequate protection to homes and businesses. Our literature review indicates that disaster impacts are increasing because of climate change and continuing development in high‐risk areas, which is ...
John A. Roper +2 more
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Art, Culture, and Identity: Picturing Cuba through the Perez Cuban Art Collection: A Summer Art Institute for K-12 Teachers (June 27-July 1, 2016) [PDF]
, 2016 The Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center and Miami-Dade County Public Schools, in partnership with the Cuban Research Institute at FIU, held the 2nd Annual Summer Cuban Art Institute for Teachers from June 27- July 1, 2016 at the Perez Art ...
Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University
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Insect Science, Volume 32, Issue 6, Page 1954-1968, December 2025.Abstract The invasive white‐footed ant Technomyrmex difficilis has emerged as a rising pest in several regions, yet its invasion dynamics remain underexplored. This species outcompetes native ants and causes agricultural losses by tending pest insects, including aphids and mealybugs.
Kuan‐Ling Kelly Liu +4 more
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Political Discourse in a Visual Art Classroom
Radical Teacher, 2019 Teacher and students discuss the use of art as a means of political discourse during the Trump Presidency.
Clifton W. Hamilton
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Interim report on the ground-water resources of Seminole County, Florida [PDF]
, 1954 Salt-water encroachment is undoubtedly the problem of most concern to users of ground water in Florida. This is a problem in many coastal areas where water levels are lowered excessively by heavy pumping.
Barraclogh, Jack T., Heath, Ralph C.
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First detection of the Monkeypox virus using wastewater-based surveillance in Miami-Dade County [PDF]
, 2022 Mark Sharkey +13 more
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Dual language in higher education: Assessing student success and student experiences
Foreign Language Annals, Volume 58, Issue 4, Page 916-940, Winter 2025.Abstract Although long‐standing research has documented the many benefits of dual language (DL) education programs in the K‐12 setting, there are few studies on the impact of DL in higher education. This study analyzes DL education at a Hispanic‐Serving Institution (HSI) where certain classes are taught in Spanish or bilingually across diverse ...
Katherine Christoffersen +4 more
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Artful Citizenship Project- Year 3 [PDF]
, 2006 Artful Citizenship is an arts-integrated social studies curriculum project designed to provide third- through fifth- grade students and teachers with the tools necessary to: * develop visual literacy skills; * implement social science content across ...
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