Ending Florida’s “Fad Oriented Approach to Soultions” in Education
The University of South Florida has released what s perhaps the most comprehensive look at what Florida schools have been doing. The David C. Achin Center‘s report, titled Florida’s First Comprehensive Comprehensive Conditions of Education Report, is in a five volume package which is separated by the state’s regions. “A foundation of data on which to base necessary changes is required because getting the results you want requires knowing what you already have,” said Anchin Center Director Bruce Jones. “But you can’t know that until you have the numbers at your disposal.”
Jones indicates that the data is bot clear and troubling for African American males:
A few disturbing snapshots are emerging from the data. The often spoken of achievement gap has solid numbers and trackable trends. Jones says it doesn’t take a crystal ball or mathematical computations to figure out why.
Dropout and graduation rates among African American males are particularly alarming and reading
