Education Reform in Florida

At the University of South Florida, Kathryn M. Borman is Professor of Anthropology and Sherman Dorn is Associate Professor of Education. Borman has collaborated on and coedited many books, including Meaningful Urban Education Reform: Confronting the Learning Crisis in Mathematics and Science, also published by SUNY Press. Dorn is the author of Creating the Dropout: An Institutional and Social History of School Failure.

"While the book covers the state of Florida, the issues in Bush's first term are ones that face all states and that are playing out in essential ways in many administrations. The contributors take a broad, historical look at these issues, and then narrow in on the specifics of current policies, practices, and levels of achievement. They find that Florida has a long way to go to create diversity and equity in education." — Jean Anyon, author of Radical Possibilities: Public Policy, Urban Education, and a New Social Movement

• 1. Introduction: Issues in Florida Education ReformKathryn M. Borman and Sherman Dorn 2. The Legacy of Desegregation in FloridaDeirdre Cobb-Roberts and Barbara Shircliffe 3. Education Finance Reform in FloridaSherman Dorn and Deanna L. Michael 4. Accountability as a Means of Improvement: A Continuity of ThemesDeanna L. Michael and Sherman Dorn 5. Diversity, Desegregation, and Accountability in Florida DistrictsTamela McNulty Eitle 6. Equity, Disorder, and Discipline in Florida SchoolsDavid Eitle and Tamela McNulty Eitle 7. Competing Agendas for University Governance: Placing the Conflict between Jeb Bush and Bob Graham in ContextLarry Johnson and Kathryn M. Borman 8. One Florida, the Politics of Educational Opportunity, and the Blinkered Language of PreferenceLarry Johnson and Deirdre Cobb-Roberts 9. Florida’s A+ Plan: Education Reform Policies and Student OutcomesReginald S. Lee, Kathryn M. Borman, and William Tyson About the Contributors Index