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Author: Jules J Loos, Academy of Natural Sciences of Phila
Publisher: Academy of Natural Sciences
Keywords: zebra, naturae, notulae, eggs, danio, acad, phila, sciences, natural, buchanan, hamilton, chemicals, certain, sensitivity, adult, danios, rerio, brachydanio, comparison
Number of Pages: 12
Published:
ISBN-10: 1604833815
ISBN-13: 9781604833812
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Author: Kay Kyungsun (ed)
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: philadelphia, response, intergroup, conflicts, district, school, circle, concern, pubic, perceptions, widening
Number of Pages: 28
Published: 2011-05-01
ISBN-10: 1437982794
ISBN-13: 9781437982794
In Jan. 2010, after the violent incidents at South Phila. HS against Asian immigrant students, the Phila. Comm. on Human Relations (PCHR) began a series of public hearings as part of their mandate to address intergroup conflicts based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, and source of income. The PCHR heard from 130 witnesses parents, teachers, students, principals, and others about their experiences with intergroup conflicts in Phila's. public schools. This report was issued with the hope that it will a
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Author: Alan Butkovitz
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: fraud, vulnerability, assessment, philadelphia, oversight, charter, school, review
Number of Pages: 94
Published: 2010-08
ISBN-10: 1437932010
ISBN-13: 9781437932010
At a time when Phila. charter schools are facing increased public scrutiny, including criminal convictions of school officials for fraud and corruption, the City Controller¿s Office undertook a review to assess the School District of Phila¿s. (SDP) oversight of Phila¿s. 63 charter schools and the vulnerability of taxpayer funds to fraud. This review revealed that the School District¿s Charter School Office (CSO) is only providing minimal oversight of charter schools except during the time leading up to the charter renewal. As a result of this ineffective oversight and the lack of following
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Author: Jonathan A. Saidel
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: audit, performance, zoo, philadelphia
Number of Pages: 113
Published: 1997-06-01
ISBN-10: 0788174363
ISBN-13: 9780788174360
Focusing on the Phila. Zoo's operating results for FY1992 through FY1996, this audit was performed to determine if the Zoo was operating in such a manner as to ensure that it would maintain the current level of financial independence from the City and to identify opportunities for increasing revenues and reducing costs to help foster that independence. Identifies obstacles to self-sufficiency, evaluates the job that the Zoo is doing, and presents recommendations for improvements addressed at both the Zoo and the City. Includes responses to the audit by Alexander Hoskins, Pres. of the Zoologica
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Author: Arthur Montgomery
Publisher: Academy of Natural Sciences
Keywords: mineralogy, pennsylvania, acad, natural, sciences, phila, pub, ”, supplementing, updating, gordon’s, “the, special
Number of Pages: 126
Published: 2008-01
ISBN-10: 1422317862
ISBN-13: 9781422317860
In 1922 Samuel Gordonżs żThe Mineralogy of PAż was pub. by the Acad. of Natural Sci. of Phila., & was later reprinted twice. The editing of the material incorp. in this updated vol. utilizes & brings up-to-date the more significant data bearing on mineral discoveries, occurrences & origin, & covers the period of pub. of a one-page column, żPA Minerals,ż in the Keystone Newsletter, monthly journal of the Mineralogical Soc. of PA from 1962-1965. Contents: (1) Aims, & Contents; (2) Revised List of PA Minerals; (3) Descriptive Mineralogy of Newly Recorded Species; (4) New Data on Earlier Reco
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