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Education Reform in Florida: Diversity and Equity in Public Policy

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Kathryn M. Borman, Sherman Dorn
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SUNY Press, 2007 - Education - 294 pages
"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."--BOOK JACKET.
  

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Contents

Issues in Florida Education Reform
1
2 The Legacy of Desegregation in Florida
19
3 Education Finance Reform in Florida
53
A Continuity of Themes
83
5 Diversity Desegregationand Accountability in Florida Districts
117
6 Equity Disorderand Discipline in Florida Schools
153
Placing the Conflict between Jeb Bush and Bob Graham in Context
185
8 One Florida the Politics ofEducational Opportunity and the Blinkered Language of Preference
211
Education Reform Policies and Student Outcomes
241
A B O U T T H E CONTRI B U TOR S
281
I N D EX
285
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About the author (2007)

KATHRYN M. BORMAN is Professor of Anthropology at the University of South Florida and is the principal investigator of research projects housed at the Alliance for Applied Research in Education and Anthropology (AAREA) in the Department of Anthropology. Dr. Borman has extensive experience in educational reform and policy as well as evaluation studies. Currently she is studying the efficacy of an elementary science professional developmental program in a randomized control trial and looking at the effects of college program culture on female and minority student science, technology, engineering, and effects of college program culture on female and minority student science, technology, engineering, and mathematics participation. Additionally, she has been involved in training graduate students for research and taught a variety of courses including anthropology and education, and methods in qualitative analysis.

SHERMAN DORN is Assistant Professor of Social Foundations of Education at the University of South Florida.

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