Education Reform in Florida: Diversity and Equity in Public Policy

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Describes and analyzes nation-leading school reforms in Florida.

Author(s): Kathryn M. Borman, Sherman Dorn
Year: 2007

Language: English
Pages: 294

Education Reform in Florida......Page 4
CONTEN T S......Page 6
ACKNOWLEDGMEN T S......Page 8
1. Introduction:Issues in Florida Education Reform......Page 10
2. The Legacy of Desegregation in Florida......Page 28
3. Education Finance Reform in Florida......Page 62
4. Accountability as a Means of Improvement:A Continuity of Themes......Page 92
5. Diversity, Desegregation,and Accountability in Florida Districts......Page 126
6. Equity, Disorder,and Discipline in Florida Schools......Page 162
7. Competing Agendasfor University Governance:Placing the Conflict between Jeb Bush and Bob Graham in Context......Page 194
8. One Florida, the Politics ofEducational Opportunity, and the Blinkered Language of Preference......Page 220
9. Florida’s A+ Plan:Education Reform Policies and Student Outcomes......Page 250
A B O U T T H E CONTRI B U TOR S......Page 290
B......Page 294
D......Page 295
F......Page 296
G......Page 297
L......Page 298
N......Page 299
R......Page 300
S......Page 301
Y......Page 303