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Item The beginnings of Spanish settlement in the lower Rio Grande Valley(1925) Crawford, Polly Pearl; Not availableItem Clinics in the Rio Grande Valley break away from Planned Parenthood to access state funds(2015-05) Benavides, Lucia Maria; Dahlby, Tracy; Hopkins, KristineThis report explores the impact that the 2011 family planning budget cuts in Texas had on women's health clinics. Specifically, the report focuses on how Hidalgo County Planned Parenthood broke away from the national organization as a result of these cuts, in order to better serve the community. In 2014, the clinics re-opened as an independent nonprofit: Access Esperanza. The report looks at several factors dealing with the broader issue of reproductive healthcare in the Lower Rio Grande Valley: barriers faced by women when accessing healthcare, abortion as an ideology, government accountability and the evolution of Access Esperanza's disaffiliation from Planned Parenthood.Item Colonias in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of South Texas: A Summary Report, PRP 18(LBJ School of Public Affairs, 1977) Estes, Mark; Haynes, Kingsley E.; Hazleton, Jared E.Item Data use in an era of accountability : a case study of data driven decision making in high performing middle schools in the Rio Grande Valley(2011-05) Epp, Tracy Renee; Olivárez, Rubén; Barufaldi, James; Hollinger, Scott; Moll, Kerry; Saenz, VictorThis study examined how higher performing middle schools in the Rio Grande Valley use data to drive instructional decisions. Three research questions guided this study: (a) to what extent do higher performing, Title-1, middle schools in the Rio Grande Valley utilize data to make schoolwide instructional decisions; (b) how does the principal support data use for instructional decision-making; and (c) what do teachers perceive to be the processes that have led to the current level of data use in instructional decision making? A mixed-methods multiple-case study included middle schools that were drawn from a list of higher performing schools according to Just for the Kids and the National Center for Educational Achievement. To be included in the study, schools had to be located in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas, specifically in the counties of Starr, Cameron or Hidalgo. Additionally, the schools needed to be designated a Title-1 school, according to federal criteria. Data for the study was collected using a survey, followed by one-on-one interviews. Descriptive analyses was then conducted using the survey data. The interview data was analyzed using first-level coding followed by the use of cross case analysis to determine themes common to all cases. The findings from this research revealed that data is used extensively in the schools studied; primarily to determine the instructional scope of what is taught. It was found that while data use was extensive, the source and purpose of data use was limited to that which was directly tied to the state-administered assessment (TAKS). The second major finding was that principals create the necessary conditions for data use that becomes an embedded practice, where teachers can take risks with their colleagues in reviewing and using data. This study concludes that more principals can lead their schools to greater levels of data use by creating the necessary conditions for change. At the same time, the findings suggest that there is a need for leaders at all levels to examine and mitigate the unintended consequences of data use that is derived from a single-source and for a single purpose—that is, performance on the state exam (TAKS).Item Disaster Continuity for Businesses and Communities in Rural Texas: Investigating Infrastructure, Communication, and Planning Needs(2024-01) Stephens, Keri K.; Strover, Sharon; Faust, Kasey M.; Tasuji, Tara; Carlson, NancySmall businesses are particularly vulnerable to weather shocks. While there is a plethora of publicly available resources on how to prepare for natural disasters, information tailored specifically for small business owners and their business operations and assets is more limited. This project studied the most disaster-vulnerable areas in Texas, particularly the Texas Gulf Coast’s Coastal Bend and Rio Grande Valley regions, with the goal of making small businesses and communities along the coast more disaster resilient. A primary goal of this project was to develop resources for small businesses in the Lower Rio Grande Valley (LRGV). They were developed with extensive community input, and the local Chambers of Commerce and the Agrilife Extension Agents have agreed to distribute these materials.Item From vaqueros to mafiosos : a community history of drug trafficking in rural South Texas(2011-05) Guerra, Santiago Ivan, 1982-; Menchaca, Martha; Hartigan, John; Limon, Jose E.; Foley, Doug; Martinez, AnneMy dissertation, From Vaqueros to Mafiosos: A Community History of Drug Trafficking in Rural South Texas is an ethnographic study of the impact of the drug trade in South Texas, with a specific focus on Starr County. This dissertation examines drug trafficking along the U.S-Mexico Border at two levels of analysis. First, through historical ethnography, I provide a cultural history of South Texas, as well as a specific history of drug trafficking in Starr County. In doing so, I highlight the different trafficking practices that emerge throughout South Texas’ history, and I document the social changes that develop in Starr County as a result of these illicit practices. The second half of my dissertation, however, is devoted to a contemporary analysis of the impact of the drug trade on the border region by analyzing important social practices in Starr County relating to drug abuse, policing and the criminal justice system, youth socialization and family life. Through ethnography I present the devastating effects of the drug trade and border policing on this Mexican American border community in rural South Texas.Item Hogg Foundation News, 2000, First Quarter, Vol. 34(2000) Hogg Foundation for Mental HealthItem Land and Water Resources, Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas(1976) Bureau of Economic GeologyThis report and the accompanying hand-colored maps (Land and Water Resources, Cameron and Willacy Counties, Texas; Land and Water Resources, Hidalgo County, Texas; and Land Use, Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas) were prepared initially by the Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, as part of a multidisciplinary study of the Lower Rio Grande Valley. The following text is only a portion of the initial report on this study and has been extracted to describe units on the accompanying maps.Item Letter to H.B. Stenzel from E.K. Krause on 1961-09-22(1961-09-22) Krause, E.K.Item Principal transformational leadership and student academic outcomes(2022-12-05) Reyes, Fernando, Ed. D.; Reyes, Pedro, 1954-; Cruz, Paul; Olivarez, Ruben; Noyola, AliciaThe purpose of this study was to precisely analyze the relationship between principal leadership and student achievement. Specifically, this study investigated whether or not different leadership styles led to different student academic outcomes. This study employed quantitative analysis to analyze the relationship between transformational leadership and student academic performance in reading and math state assessments in a large metropolitan area of South Texas. Furthermore, the researcher compared leadership styles with regard to the school size and grade levels that the principals serve. This researcher used quantitative methods design to collect quantitative survey data from teachers and principals to measure perceived leadership style. The study employed a comparison group analysis used to compare the leadership styles groups as a function of academically high-performing and low-performing schools. In the first phase of the study, the MLQ 5X survey data were collected from teachers and principals in two school districts located in the Rio Grande Valley region of Texas. All schools within the two districts were selected to participate if the school had the same principal for the last three school years. Hence, the study determined if the practices of transformational, transactional, or passive leadership were a corollary of student achievement on the 2022 accountability report. Data used to make these determinations were publicly available through the Texas Education Agency website through the school report card link. Findings showed that the transformational leadership of a leader, as measured from the perspective of teachers to be positively correlated and statistically significant to student reading outcomes on state exams. With this understanding, the research showed that all four pillars of transformational leadership positively correlated to student reading outcomes. Only idealized influence was considered statistically significant to student academic outcomes in reading. Findings also indicated that teachers perceived transformational leadership style was not influenced by the school grade level that a principal served. However, high school principals in this study were perceived to be the most transformational in all four pillars of transformational leadership. Contrasting with transformational leadership was the passive-avoidant leadership style perceived by teachers. The data showed that participants perceived elementary principals as the most passive-avoidant leaders. Findings indicated that as teacher-rated passive-avoidant leadership declines, a statistically significant increase in student academic outcomes for mathematics and reading occurs. Finally, implications for principal preparation programs, practicing principals, principal professional development, and principal supervisors are offered and research suggestions to expound on this study and transformational leadership theory appear in Chapter 5.Item Snowbirds(The Hogg Foundation, 0000-00-00) Merrim, Andrea G.