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Gonzalez Hernandez, Vanessa – Research Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2019
This Research Brief summarizes the performance of Miami-Dade County Public Schools (MDCPS) students participating in the International Baccalaureate (IB) program. The IB program was offered at six M-DCPS high schools in 2018-2019. Over 3,000 examinations were taken by M-DCPS students in 26 subject areas in 2018-2019. The number of IB examinations…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Advanced Placement Programs, High School Students, Hispanic American Students
Blazer, Christie – Research Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2017
This Research Brief summarizes the performance of Miami-Dade County Public Schools (MDCPS) students participating in the International Baccalaureate (IB) program. The IB program was offered at six M-DCPS high schools in 2016-2017. The number of IB examinations taken in M-DCPS increased by five percent from 2015-2016 to 2016-2017. During the same…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Advanced Placement Programs, Public Schools, Scores
Bullard, Sara – Teaching Tolerance, 1992
The Inhabiting Other Lives program is an intensive effort to acquaint public high school teachers in Miami (Florida) with the literature and arts of different cultures. It is hoped that these teachers will give their students in the ethnically diverse Dade County school system an appreciation of cultural differences. (SLD)
Descriptors: Black Students, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Education, Ethnic Groups
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Vega, William A.; And Others – American Journal of Public Health, 1993
Analyzes risk factors for drug use among 6,760 sixth- and seventh-grade Cuban, other Hispanic, African-American, and white non-Hispanic males in Miami (Florida). The cumulative prevalence of risk factors is monotonically related to drug use, but ethnic and racial differences in risk factor profiles suggest cultural differences in predictive value.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Black Students, Cubans, Cultural Differences