Closing the Racial Achievement Gap: Learning from Florida's Reforms. Backgrounder. No. 2468

Autor/inn/en	Ladner, Matthew; Burke, Lindsey M.
Institution	Heritage Foundation
Titel	Closing the Racial Achievement Gap: Learning from Florida's Reforms. Backgrounder. No. 2468
Quelle	(2010), (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Charter Schools; Private Schools; Elementary Secondary Education; School Choice; Social Promotion; Academic Achievement; Racial Differences; Educational Change; Alternative Teacher Certification; White Students; Hispanic American Students; African American Students; Equal Education; Educational Improvement; Achievement Gap; State Standards; Online Courses; Public Education; Reading Achievement; Grade 4; Merit Pay; Change Strategies; Accountability; Academic Standards; Grade 8; Educational Finance; Teacher Student Ratio; Federal Legislation; Florida + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Charter school; Charter-Schule; Private school; Privatschule; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Soziale Unterstützung; Schulleistung; Rassenunterschied; Bildungsreform; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Student; Students; Hispanoamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; African Americans; Afroamerikaner; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Online course; Online-Kurs; Öffentliche Erziehung; Leseleistung; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; Leistungszulage; Lösungsstrategie; Verantwortung; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Bildungsfonds; Lehrer-Schüler-Relation; Bundesrecht
Abstract	An education gap between white students and their black and Hispanic peers is something to which most Americans have become accustomed. But this racial division of education--and hence of prospects for the future--is nothing less than tragic. The good news is that the racial divide in learning is a problem that can be fixed. Of course, it can only be fixed if education reform is approached in a commonsense and innovative way. Continuing to repeat the largely failed national policies and ever-increasing spending of the past decades is surely not common sense. One state, Florida, has demonstrated that meaningful academic improvement--for students of all races and economic backgrounds--is possible. In 1999, Florida enacted far-reaching K-12 education reform that includes public and private school choice, charter schools, virtual education, performance-based pay for teachers, grading of schools and districts, annual tests, curbing social promotion, and alternative teacher certification. As a result of parental choice, higher standards, accountability, and flexibility, Florida's Hispanic students are now outperforming or tied with the overall average for all students in 31 states. It is vital that national and state policymakers take the lessons of Florida's success to heart. The future of millions of American children depends on it. (Contains 28 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10