| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 294 pages) : illustrations |
| 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 |
| Summary |
"In Education Reform in Florida, sociologists and historians evaluate Governor Jeb Bush's nation-leading school reform policies since 1999. They examine the 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 mixed conclusions 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 themselves remain skeptical about seeing significant and sweeping improvement in how well Florida schools work for all students."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Education and state -- Florida
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Educational change -- Florida
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EDUCATION -- Educational Policy & Reform -- General.
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EDUCATION -- Administration -- General.
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Education and state
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Educational change
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Florida
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Borman, Kathryn M.
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Dorn, Sherman.
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| ISBN |
9781429471305 |
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1429471301 |
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9780791480656 |
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0791480658 |
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0791469832 |
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9780791469835 |
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0791469840 |
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9780791469842 |
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