Product Description: 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...read more

Entries document issues important to the secondary education of American students, covering such topics as the historical development of schools, student clubs and alliances, state-mandated testing, and violence in schools.

Based on a three-year study of the National Science Foundation's Urban Systemic Initiative, Meaningful Urban Education Reform is an overview of recent attempts to change teaching in mathematics and science in urban environments. The book evaluates the impact of educational reform on urban schools, determines how schools with the highest levels of poverty in the United States can make successful changes, and investigates how communities and policy makers contribute to student achievement. Contributors provide compelling portraits of classrooms, teachers, and students in elementary, middle, and high schools through case studies and examples from intensive research in four locations: Chicago, El Paso, Memphis, and Miami. They interviewed, observed, and gathered information from district administrators, school principals, teachers, students and their parents, and community members. The book provides valuable insight into how systemic reform works, offers suggestions regarding assessment of successful learning environments, and addresses the need for intensive, long-term professional development for the purpose of engaging teachers with their colleagues in communities of practice supported by a strong school culture.

Product Description: Book by Borman, Kathryn M.

Product Description: First published in 1984. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.