Education Reform in Florida
eBook - PDF

Education Reform in Florida

Diversity and Equity in Public Policy

  1. 302 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Education Reform in Florida

Diversity and Equity in Public Policy

About this book

Describes and analyzes nation-leading school reforms in Florida.

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.

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Table of contents

  1. Education Reform in Florida
  2. CONTEN T S
  3. ACKNOWLEDGMEN T S
  4. 1. Introduction:Issues in Florida Education Reform
  5. 2. The Legacy of Desegregation in Florida
  6. 3. Education Finance Reform in Florida
  7. 4. Accountability as a Means of Improvement:A Continuity of Themes
  8. 5. Diversity, Desegregation,and Accountability in Florida Districts
  9. 6. Equity, Disorder,and Discipline in Florida Schools
  10. 7. Competing Agendasfor University Governance:Placing the Conflict between Jeb Bush and Bob Graham in Context
  11. 8. One Florida, the Politics ofEducational Opportunity, and the Blinkered Language of Preference
  12. 9. Florida’s A+ Plan:Education Reform Policies and Student Outcomes
  13. A B O U T T H E CONTRI B U TOR S
  14. I N D EX