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A History Of The Las Vegas School Desegregation Case: Kelly Et Al V The Clark County School District, Ronan Matthew
A History Of The Las Vegas School Desegregation Case: Kelly Et Al V The Clark County School District, Ronan Matthew
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Kelly et al. v. Clark County School District (1972) is the title of a case initiated in 1968. The lawsuit alleged that de facto segregation existed in six elementary schools in Westside Las Vegas, 14 years following Brown v. Board of Education (1954) which called for the desegregation of American public schools. The case ended in 1972 with a victory for the plaintiffs, with the ordering of desegregation of the elementary schools in question. The purpose of this study was to examine the history of Kelly et al. v. Clark County School District (1972). Included in the study were a …
Leadership Challenges Encountered By Elementary School Principals In The Process Of Creating, Implementing, And Sustaining Shared School Visions In Clark County, Nevada, Elementary Schools, David Allen Price
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Creating, implementing, and sustaining a shared vision is a complicated task for any leader. The Elementary School Division of the Clark County School District (CCSD) expects elementary school principals not only to develop a shared vision for their schools, but also to implement and sustain this shared vision with the aid of their constituencies--other administrators, staff, students, parents, and the community-at-large. Leaders, in this case principals, generally are responsible for developing a shared vision; The concept of visionary leadership has been defined in the literature, and principals can be tested to determine the degree to which they align themselves with …
A History Of Changes In The Policies And Practices Of Second Language Programs In The Public Schools Of Clark County, Las Vegas, Nevada, Mark Jose Dominguez
A History Of Changes In The Policies And Practices Of Second Language Programs In The Public Schools Of Clark County, Las Vegas, Nevada, Mark Jose Dominguez
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
A History of Changes in the Policies and Practices of Second Language Programs in the Public Schools of Clark County, Las Vegas, Nevada is an historical study that traced the development of Second Language Programs in the Clark County School District, Las Vegas, Nevada. The research study examined national and federal actions which served as the bases for the initial implementation of Second Language Programs (1880-1998), historical sequential activities in Nevada that contributed to the implementation of Second Language Programs in the state, and the sequential activities that specifically dealt with the development of Second Language Programs in the Clark …
Mexican Identity In Clark County, Nevada: A Visual Ethnohistory, 1829-1960, Corinne Escobar
Mexican Identity In Clark County, Nevada: A Visual Ethnohistory, 1829-1960, Corinne Escobar
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Mexicans were present in southern Nevada since 1829 but their history is not well documented. Often their cultural identity was misrepresented in several Nevada histories. This thesis establishes a written and photographic documentation of the Mexican identity population in southern Nevada between 1829 and 1960; A four-fold typology that expands the definition of ethnicity to include the nature of interethnic relations between two or more ethnic groups is applied to identify the relationships experienced between those of Mexican identity and Euro-Americans. This model, known as the four types of ethnicity, describes interactive behavior as being complementary, competitive, confrontational, or colonial …