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Extractions: Back... Lt. Governor Frank Brogan Biography Continues... Accomplishments in education Lt. Governor Frank T. Brogan is a champion for Florida's public schools. An ardent advocate on behalf of education, Lt. Governor Brogan's philosophy is simply this - that all children can learn, and that schools must be held accountable for ensuring that learning is in a safe and friendly environment. Lt. Governor Brogan's lifetime work in education culminated in the recent success of the passage of the Bush/Brogan "A+ Plan for Education." Heralded as the first-of-its-kind in the nation, A+ raises the education standards of schools, significantly increases funds for schools, especially in the area of school safety, and provides opportunity scholarships for children in chronically failing schools. The youngest and first Republican Commissioner of Education for Florida, Lt. Governor Brogan made his mark as a staunch supporter of higher academic standards. His most important legacy was bringing greater accountability to Florida schools. Key changes included: (1) the development of a process to identify and improve low [performing schools; (2) the passage of the Sunshine State Standards, Florida's academic standards now required of students as they progress from grade to grade; (3) and the implementation of Florida's new statewide testing program - "the FCAT" - Florida Comprehensive Assessment Tests. As a former 5th grade teacher, dean of students and principal, Lt. Governor Brogan is very familiar with the challenges and opportunities that face our public schools. In fact, while serving as the Assistant Principal at Murray Middle School in Martin County, Brogan faced the challenge all parents and schools dread - a suicidal youngster with a gun, knives and mace. Assistant Principal Brogan successfully wrestled the discharging gun form the student's hands. Since that time, ensuring that schools are safe has become a central theme of this work. As Commissioner of Education, Brogan encouraged the development of second chance or alternative schools and won the right for teachers to remove disruptive students from their classroom.
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Extractions: April 14, 2001 Floridas ban on race-based college admissions hasnt reduced the number of minorities accepted into the University of Floridas law school next fall. UFs Levin College of Law just finished picking next falls new law students, the first under Gov. Jeb Bushs One Florida plan that forbids public universities from considering race, ethnicity or gender when picking students. The university found its proportion of blacks and total minorities is about the same as last year, officials said Friday. The newly accepted UF class draws sharp contrast with California and Texas law schools. They saw black and Hispanic admissions plummet in 1997, the first year those states abolished racial preferences. The One Florida plan was first applied to undergraduate admissions for last fall, but it came too late in the year to have much effect. For undergraduates, One Florida was accompanied with an alternative policy called Talented 20, which guaranteed college admission to the top 20 percent of students at each public high school. One Florida will apply to all graduate and professional schools for the first time next fall, with no alternative plan to buffer the impact. Law schools are considered the most likely to struggle for diversity because they traditionally relied more heavily on racial preferences.
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Extractions: The questions and answers below are reprinted with permission from: "Education Fact Sheets 2001" published by the Council on Lifelong Learning, Florida House of Representatives. What is public school choice? School choice is the practice of allowing parents to choose from among a variety of schools. Options that supplement public schools include magnet schools, schools-within-schools, alternative schools, year-round schools, dual enrollment, and controlled open enrollment. In Florida, "controlled open enrollment" means a public education delivery system that allows school districts to make student school assignments using parents' indicated preferential school choice as a significant factor. Scholarship programs are authorized to assist students in pursuing post-secondary education and training opportunities. The idea behind school choice is that the competition for students among schools may increase the quality of educational services. Are districts required to offer school choice?
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Extractions: Without government assistance for housing or education, Kee Way Win Indian Chief, Geordi Kakeptum, turns to AERO to help establish a school on their Sandy Lake reserve in Ontario. AERO secures funds, supplies, and clothing, and helps the tribe organize their own school which includes the teaching of tribal traditions from the elders. AERO founder, Jerry Mintz, introduces "Organic Curriculum," a highly effective, learner-directed approach to curriculum development and experiential learning that is fully individualized. AERO founder, Jerry Mintz is invited by the Creative Teachers Union as a keynote speaker to the first New Schools Festival in the Soviet Union, on the democratization of education. It is just just a week before the coup. This opens the door of communication between educational alternatives in the East and West. In Jerusalem, Executive Director, Jerry Mintz chairs the symposium on "Democratization of Schools: Types and Ways" at the International Conference on Education for Democracy in a Multi-Cultural Society. After this conference he is on of the founders of the International Democratic Education Conference, which has its first meeting at the Democratic School of Hadera.
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Extractions: News, analysis, and research by topic... TEACHER PREPARATION AND CERTIFICATION Alternative certification Unconventional recruiting Reform of teacher education Subject-matter knowledge Pedagogy Teacher testing SCHOOL STAFFING Principal autonomy Teacher career ladders Tenure Seniority and union issues TEACHER PAY Teacher salaries Pay-for-performance and merit pay Higher pay for math, science and other shortage fields Higher pay for hard-to-staff urban or rural schools EVALUATING AND IMPROVING TEACHER PERFORMANCE Value-added analysis Peer review Tools for evaluators Mentoring Professional development National board certification (NBPTS) ACCOUNTABILITY Holding schools accountable Holding teachers accountable A former classroom teacher, PTA president, dean of students, assistant principal, principal, superintendent and state commissioner of education, Lt. Governor Brogan is best known for his leadership and commitment to Florida's children and the teaching profession. Lt. Governor Frank T. Brogan is a champion for Florida's public schools. An ardent advocate on behalf of education, Lt. Governor Brogan's philosophy is that all children can learn, and schools must be held accountable for ensuring that learning is in a safe and friendly environment.
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Extractions: Why Eliminate Help for Children in Low-Performing Schools by Governor Jeb Bush and Lieutenant Governor Frank Brogan Since the Department of Education's recent release of its report grading schools on an A through F scale, many children in Florida's lowest performing schools - those graded D and F - have received unprecedented attention and resources from Florida's dedicated educators. The examples are abundant. 1. School officials in Broward County are spending millions of dollars to reduce first-grade class sizes to 18-20 students per class in 104 low-performing schools. An associate superintendent told the local newspaper, "Contrary to public opinion, the schools have really been energized by this [grading system]. They are determined to improve their scores." 2. In Hillsborough County, schools superintendent Earl Lennard made statewide news recently when he vowed to take a 5 percent pay cut, or a personal loss of $8,250, if any school in Hillsborough County receives an F grade. To meet this high expectation, Lennard promised his schools the support they need, including reduced class sizes for select "D" schools and money for after-school or Saturday tutoring at all schools. 3. In Pensacola, where students at two chronically failing schools have been given Opportunity Scholarships to attend the public school or private school of their choice, Superintendent Jim May posted a hand-lettered sign in his office that reads, "Non-negotiable aim is: Both schools must come off the F list. WHATEVER it takes!"
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Extractions: Juvenile Justice Probation and Community Corrections Links A youth under age 18 charged with a crime is referred to the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice. A referral is similar to an arrest in the adult criminal justice system. In Fiscal Year 1999-00, the Department received 56,447 referrals for juvenile felonies and 84,252 referrals for juvenile misdemeanors. Those 140,699 delinquency referrals represented a 1.4 percent increase from the previous year (felonies dipped very slightly, 6/10 of a percent; misdemeanors rose 2.8 percent). The five-year trend shows a 9 percent decrease in juvenile felony referrals since FY 1994-5, and a 2 percent drop in misdemeanor referrals during that same period. The Department provides a recommendation to the state attorney and the court regarding appropriate sanctions and services for the juvenile. The recommendation is based on interviews and information from the arresting law enforcement officer, the victim, the juvenile and his or her family, and other sources (school, for example). When making a recommendation, the Department has several options that allow the juvenile to remain in his or her home community. One is diversion, which uses programs that are alternatives to the formal juvenile justice system. It is for juveniles whove just started offending and have been charged only with minor crimes. Another is court-ordered juvenile probation.
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