Florida Vies With Four Other States for Top Education Reform Honors

Submitted by Anonymous on July 14, 2011 - 3:24pm

Florida will compete against four other states in an Education Reform Idol competition next month.

Patricia Levesque, executive director of Jeb Bushs Foundation for Floridas Future, will represent Florida in what the Thomas Fordham Institute says should prove to be the biggest education policy event of the summer.

The other states are Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Wisconsin.

Florida may be the odds-on favorite to win Reformiest State 2011 as Fordham researchers have frequently praised the state for accountability measures such as school grades and equal-access initiatives that have significantly increased the percentage of minority students sitting for Advanced Placement exams.

The winner of the Aug. 11 showdown will be determined by a vote of the in-person and online audience.

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