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Record Nr.

UNINA9910964531003321

Titolo

Education reform in Florida : diversity and equity in public policy / / edited by Kathryn M. Borman, Sherman Dorn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2007

ISBN

9780791480656

0791480658

9781429471305

1429471301

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

vii, 294 p. : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

BormanKathryn M

DornSherman

Disciplina

379.759

Soggetti

Education and state - Florida

Educational change - Florida

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : Issues in Florida education reform / Kathryn M. Borman and Sherman Dorn -- The legacy of desegregation in Florida / Deirdre Cobb-Roberts and Barbara Shircliffe -- Education finance reform in Florida / Sherman Dorn and Deanna L. Michael -- Accountability as a means of improvement : a continuity of themes / Deanna L. Michael and Sherman Dorn -- Diversity, desegregation, and accountability in Florida districts / Tamela McNulty Eitle -- Equity, disorder, and discipline in Florida schools / David Eitle and Tamela McNulty Eitle -- Competing agendas for university governance : placing the conflict between Jeb Bush and Bob Graham in context / Larry Johnson and Kathryn M. Borman -- One Florida, the politics of educational opportunity, and the blinkered language of preference / Larry Johnson and Deirdre Cobb-Roberts -- Florida's A+ plan : education reform policies and student outcomes -- Reginald S. Lee, Kathryn M. Borman, and William Tyson.

Sommario/riassunto

In Education Reform in Florida, sociologists and historians evaluate Governor Jeb Bush's nation-leading school reform policies since 1999. They examine the startlingly broad range of education policy changes



enacted in Florida during Bush's first term, including moves toward privatization with a voucher system, more government control of public education institutions with centralized accountability mechanisms, and a "superboard" for all public education. The contributors arrive at a mixed conclusion regarding Bush's first-term education policies: while he deserves credit for holding students to higher standards, his policies have, unfortunately, pushed for equality in a very narrow way. The contributors remain skeptical about seeing significant and sweeping improvement in how well Florida schools work for all students.