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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Borman, Kathryn M.

Dorn, Sherman.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education and state--Florida.

Education and state.

Educational change--Florida.

Educational change.

Physical Description:

vii, 294 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780791480656

0791480658

9781429471305

1429471301

OCLC:

137526262