Useful Resources

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Summary of the A Plus Plan [view]
FloridaLeaders.net - Background on the Bush/Brogan A+ Plan [view]
Jim Horne (Commissioner of Education 2003-04)'s review of the A+ Plan [view]

Facts on Jeb Bush [view]
A little background information on Frank Brogan [view]

Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools [view]
Article on NCLB and the A+ Plan - "A Test in Florida" [view]
Closing the education gap (pdf) - The Florida Council of 100 Review of the Bush/Brogan Plan [view]

Report on school shootings (pdf) - National Institute of Justice No. 248: Preventing School Shootings [view]
Florida Department of Education Office of Safe Schools [view]
Florida Education Association - Classroom Management Tips [view]

Douglas N. Harris & Tim R. Sass - "Teacher Quality, Teacher Training and Student Achievement" (pdf) [view]

Florida A++ Plan (House Bill 7087) of 2006 (pdf) [view]
Center for American Progress - Teacher Pay Reforms [view]
The No Child Left Behind Act [view]
National Assessment of Educational Progress [view]
Classroom Management - Sunshine Connections [view]
The Foundation for Florida's Future [view]
Dr. Matthew Ladner, PhD - "How NCLB Threatens Florida's Successful Education Reforms (2009) [view]
The new A+ - Differentiated Accountability Plan [view]
Does Accountability Work? (PPT) - [view]