Governors Seeking Levers To Improve Education
In Florida, it's not only the methods of casting
and counting ballots that strike some people as inequitable,
inconsistent, and downright odd. Just look, observers say, at how the
state's public school system is run.
The Sunshine State has five of the 15 biggest school districts in the country— and several districts that have fewer students than one high school in Miami. A high school arts class counts for admission to some state universities, but not others. And Katherine Harris, the secretary of state who became famous in Florida's 2000 presidential-election dispute, has a vote on the state board of education that is equal to that of the governor or the education commissioner.
Starting in 2003, though, Sunshine State leaders hope to bring new order to their governance of schools. In a break with past practice, the governor will be able to appoint the state school board, which no longer will be composed of seven statewide elected officials,...
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