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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Fulton County"”.
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Inequities in Education: The Case of Fulton County School District
… and race on student test achievement in Fulton County School District. Acknowledging the effects of socioeconomic and racial segregation on academic success for students will provide a greater understanding and promote awareness in the inequalities that occur in education. Variance …
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Post-crisis investment in single-family homes in Fulton County, Georgia
… of racial capitalism. Using empirical data from Fulton County, Georgia, I find that patterns of residential segregation perpetuated by various paths of mortgage finance provision and the institutionalization of single-family rental persist into 2017. This is due to shifts in the racial politics …
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Middle School Academic Performance: An Exploratory Analysis of the Fulton County School District
… on middle school academic performance in the Fulton County School District. Descriptive statistics were used to critically analyze how these demographic variables affect middle school academic performance. The mean Criterion Reference Competency Test (CRCT) scores in mathematics and reading …
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Structural Relations of the Granites and the Associated Rocks of South Fulton County, Georgia
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"Keep it rural": the politics of planning for smart growth in South Fulton County, Georgia
… to pass and implement growth management in South Fulton County from the mid 1990s through the incorporation of the City of Chattahoochee Hills in 2007. Despite being in a prime location for new low-density suburbs, over the past two decades, various groups have worked enacted strict land use …
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Synthesis of a Middle Pennsylvanian soft-bodied fauna from western Illinois
… Francis Creek Shale (Middle Pennsylvanian) of Fulton County, in western Illinois, has revealed a diverse euryhaline (Essex) assemblage of the Mazon Creek biota. Previous studies suggested the Essex fauna of western Illinois is of low diversity; however forty-one species are described here, …
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Extreme privatization: A performance analysis of the "Sandy Springs model"
… neighboring municipal governments in northern Fulton County. The analysis compared expenditure per capita figures against the corresponding government output with an assigned points system for fiscal years 2008 through 2012. The analysis found that Sandy Springs does not have the most efficient …
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Seeking equitable development in a challenging affordability landscape : examining the relationship between housing prices and the Atlanta BeltLine
… of the Atlanta BeltLine. Employing data from Fulton County in Georgia, I construct a linear regression model with a difference-in-difference specification to examine these effects at the point of park completion. I find notable property value appreciation effects due to the BeltLine's …
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Analytical Hierarchy Process Evaluation of the Proposed Slim Modular Flexible Electric Bus Rapid Transit System
… has grown. The region between Cobb County and Fulton County experiences the heaviest congestion in Metro-Atlanta. CobbLinc Route 10 is the only form of public transportation serving this area. To relieve the congestion and provide more effective public transportation system, Connect …
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Mosquitoes, West Nile Virus, Attractants, Competition, Environmental Conditions, and Insecticide Resistance
… of West Nile Virus in mosquitoes collected at a Fulton County Recreational Facility, 2) assay various mosquito oviposition attractants on West Nile virus positive female mosquitoes, 3) test effects of distance between mosquito infusion attractants, 4) determine effects of study site location, …
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What Happens to Girls When They Are the only Female in a Male Dominated Setting?
… day. It was conducted in a high school in south Fulton County, Georgia, targeting four female students who were interviewed in depth one-on-one and formally observed, which assisted in revealing emerging themes or commonalities among this set of individuals. Females with disabilities have been a …
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The No Child Left Behind Act: An Analysis of its Impact on the Academic Success of Students in Cobb and Fulton Counties in Georgia
… the academic success of the students in Cobb and Fulton counties in Georgia.</p> <p>The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) required all states to develop standardized tests and accountability systems in order to hold teachers and students accountable. Adequate yearly progress is a measurement of the …
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The Needs of Young Daughters Being Raised By Single Parent Fathers
… in creating a program that young girls in DeKalb County and Fulton County, Georgia, will be able to actively get involved in, which is age appropriate; thusly providing extracurricular activities that will not only maintain and improve the young girls’ social interaction, but will help in …
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Public-Private Partnership in Local Administration: An Exploratory Study of the City of Sandy Springs
… 1, 2005 after decades of dissension with Fulton County over mediocre services. Since the inception, the City has contracted out the major portion of its services to a sole company, CH2M HILL OMI, one of the predominant public service delivery entities in the United States of America. The …
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An empirical study of attitudes towards green urban development
… area. By analyzing of 47,000 sales records in Fulton County over a decade, this study indicates that home buyers prefer to have smaller, more diffuse greenspace nearby, rather than a large, concentrated greenspace at a longer walking distance. High parcel density and diverse land use is …