Demography as Destiny? Hispanic Student Success in Florida

Autor/inn/en	Ladner, Matthew; Lips, Dan
Titel	Demography as Destiny? Hispanic Student Success in Florida
Quelle	In: Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 75 (2010) 6, S.58-64 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-127X
Schlagwörter	Teacher Effectiveness; School Choice; Demography; Educational Change; Accountability; Academic Achievement; Hispanic American Students; Achievement Gap; Social Problems; At Risk Students; Change Strategies; Literacy Education; Student Responsibility; Teacher Qualifications; Reading Achievement; Grade 4; Grade 8; Teacher Recruitment; Florida; National Assessment of Educational Progress + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Demografie; Bildungsreform; Verantwortung; Schulleistung; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Student; Students; Hispanoamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Social problem; Soziales Problem; Lösungsstrategie; Lehrqualifikation; Leseleistung; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Lehrerrekrutierung
Abstract	A major debate among education reformers over how best to reduce the achievement gap broke out during the 2008 presidential campaign. Most advocates on both sides backed Barack Obama, but they urged him to pursue different policies. The Education Equality Project (EEP) supported a continuation of accountability and other school-focused reforms. The coalition for "A Broader, Bolder Approach to Education" claimed that the greatest gains could be achieved by addressing health, housing, and other social ills. A close look at recent changes in education in Florida sheds light on that debate. One finds in this southern state a closing of the achievement gap that has eluded allegedly more progressive states. And its success has come in spite of a challenging student demographic profile and relatively modest resources. Over the past decade, Florida has introduced a comprehensive program of reform that has five main points: school accountability, literacy enhancement, student accountability, teacher quality, and school choice. This article describes these five main points. Identifying the cause of the rise in Florida student performance cannot be done with perfect certainty. Exactly which reforms were key to success may never be known, but the reform package offers other states--and the nation as a whole--a clear path on which they, too, can move forward. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10