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American standards quality education in a complex world, the Texas case /

Subjects: “…Education Standards United States Case studies.…”
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The educator's guide to Texas school law / by Walsh, Jim, 1950-, Kemerer, Frank R., Maniotis, Laurie

Subjects: “…Educational law and legislation Texas.…”
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To get a better school system one hundred years of education reform in Texas / by Preuss, Gene B., 1966-

Subjects: “…Educational change Texas History.…”
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Advancing democracy African Americans and the struggle for access and equity in higher education in Texas / by Shabazz, Amilcar

Table of Contents: “…As separate as the fingers : higher education in Texas from promise to problem, 1865-1940 -- The all-out war for democracy in education : ideological struggle and the Texas university movement -- Lift the seventy-five-year-old color ban and raise UT's standards : university students for democracy before Sweatt -- This is white civilization's last stand : university desegregation before Brown -- Democracy is on the march in Texas : Black equality versus white power,1955-1957 -- Plowing around Africans on Aryan plantations : access without acceptance at Texas universities, 1958-1965.…”
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Subtractive schooling : U.S.-Mexican youth and the politics of caring / by Valenzuela, Angela

Subjects: “…Mexican Americans Education (Secondary) Texas Case studies.…”
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Together we can pathways to collective leadership in agriculture at Texas A&M / by Hiler, Edward A. (Edward Allan)

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Staffing at-risk school districts in Texas problems and prospects / by Kirby, Sheila Nataraj, 1946-

Subjects: “…Children of minorities Education Texas Longitudinal studies.…”
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Integrating the 40 acres the fifty-year struggle for racial equality at the University of Texas / by Goldstone, Dwonna Naomi, 1968-

Table of Contents: “…African Americans at the School of Law, 1950-1970 -- Desegregation of educational facilities, 1956-1963 -- Desegregation on and off campus -- Dormitory integration, 1950-1964 -- Black integration of the athletic program, 1950-1970 -- Desegregation from 1964 to the present.…”
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Texas Aggies go to war in service of their country / by Dethloff, Henry C.

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Call her a citizen progressive-era activist and educator Anna Pennybacker / by King, Kelley M. (Kelley Marie), 1964-

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Adolf Douai, 1819-1888 the turbulent life of a German Forty-Eighter in the homeland and in the United States / by Randers-Pehrson, Justine Davis, 1910-

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Footprints in Aggieland : remembrances of a veteran fundraiser / by Walker, Robert L., 1936-

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Before Brown Heman Marion Sweatt, Thurgood Marshall, and the long road to justice / by Lavergne, Gary M., 1955-

Subjects: “…Segregation in higher education Texas History 20th century.…”
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Teacher burnout in the public schools structural causes and consequences for children / by Dworkin, Anthony Gary

“…SUNY series in educational leadership.…”
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A southern family in white & Black the Cuneys of Texas / by Hales, Douglas, 1951-

Table of Contents: “…Philip Cuney : politician and slaveholder -- Norris Wright Cuney : labor and civic leader -- Political education, 1869-83 -- New leader of the party -- Party and patronage -- Maud Cuney : education and marriage -- Maud Cuney-Hare : musician, director, writer.…”
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Pioneer Jewish Texans by Ornish, Natalie

Table of Contents: “…Introduction to a people -- The adventurers : conquistadors and the search for freedom -- The soldiers : Jews in the battles for Texas independence -- The colonizers : opening Texas's lands west -- The statesmen : constructing a republic and a nation -- The ranchers : giants of Texas's great cattle herds -- The financiers : new frontiers in banking -- The wildcatters : from pipes to oil leases -- The humanitarian : Galveston and the gateway immigration movement -- The great merchants : some called them princes -- The significant merchants : laying the economic foundation for Texas's future -- The educators : the Paul Reveres of education -- The artists : vanguards in the arts -- The doctors and other healers : from the Alamo to the Nobel Prize -- The lawyers : justice for all.…”
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The Hogg family and Houston philanthropy and the civic ideal / by Kirkland, Kate Sayen, 1944-

Table of Contents: “…A family philanthropy -- Houston, a domain of beautiful homes -- Wholesome lives for all Houstonians -- The public's education, a many-sided community responsibility -- The symphony, a constructive force in Houston civic life -- A museum by the people for the use of the people -- The bridges that unite us.…”
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Behind the walls a guide for family and friends of Texas inmates / by Renaud, Jorge Antonio, 1956-

Table of Contents: “…A short history of Texas prisons -- Diagnostic -- Living quarters -- Food -- Clothing -- Work -- Administrative segregation -- Medical/dental -- Recreation -- Money -- Mail -- Visits and phone calls -- Religion -- Law Libaries/libraries -- Craft shop -- Substance abuse -- Education -- Discipline -- Lockdowns -- Drugs -- Racism, gangs and violence -- Parole and good-time -- Emergencies -- The ECHO -- Helping convicts stay out of prison.…”
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Texas takes wing : a century of flight in the Lone Star State / by Ganson, Barbara Anne, 1953-

Table of Contents: “…Flying Takes Off in Texas -- The Stinson Flying Family of San Antonio and Texas Aviators in the Great War -- Between the World Wars : Barnstormers--Owners and Operators of Flying Services -- Record Setters and Air Racers -- Creating a More Connected World -- Flight Training -- Texas Air Power during the Second World War -- Aircraft Designers and Manufacturers -- Red, White, and Blue All Over : Texas Air Power in the Cold War and the Space Age -- Epilogue: Aeronautical Achievements, Education, and the Future of Air and Space Travel -- Appendices.…”
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The Robertsons, the Sutherlands, and the making of Texas by Sutherland, Anne H.

Table of Contents: “…Discovering my Texas identity -- Writing as a tradition -- The Robertson papers -- Learning Texas history -- Sterling Clack Robertson, empresario -- The Alabama settlement -- The prayer on the Sabine -- Making a living -- The Comanche, Karankawa, Lipan Apache, and Tonkawa -- Political rumblings in the Alabama settlement -- The Alabama settlement at war -- The Texas revolution as myth and identity ritual -- Aftermath of the war : tragedy and humor -- Getting rid of wildness -- The wild woman of the Navidad -- The civilizing elites : Elijah Sterling Clack Robertson -- The end of slavery -- Remember who you are -- The macaroni road comes to Edna -- The migration to Uvalde -- Getting an education -- Family reunions.…”
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