Word: dade
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...main lesson of these states' experiences is that reform works best when those concerned have a say. "Unions, business, educators -- everybody has to be involved," says Joe Fernandez, superintendent of schools for Dade County, Fla. "You've got to forget the turf battles...
...next wave of educational improvements will probably originate not in state capitals but in individual districts. Already, schools in Dade County, Rochester and Toledo have taken the initiative to raise pay, restructure curriculums and monitor results. "In the first phase of reform, it was state executives who led the way," says former Tennessee Governor Lamar Alexander. "In the 1990s, reform will be led by parents and taxpayers." That is, if they care enough to pay the price...
...Many expected a blowout, but Upward Bound stuffed the predictions. Rockland eked out a last-second win, 64-63. Thereafter, Upward Bound went 11-11 against the best junior colleges in New England. In July at the Amateur Athletic Union National Junior Olympics held in Florida's Dade County, it beat all-star teams from Kentucky and Ohio before finally losing to players from the nation's fourth-ranked junior college...
Blacks, by contrast, have made few economic or political strides. Since 1980, black unemployment in Dade County has risen to 10.4%, and the jobless rate for Hispanics has dropped to 5.8%. While Cubans have expanded their ownership of small businesses, Miami has one of the smallest black professional classes of any city its size. In recent years 70,000 hardworking Haitian immigrants have also begun to carve out a niche for themselves. Says Marvin Dunn, a black psychologist who co-authored a study of the 1980 riots: "A larger and larger segment of the black community is falling farther...
...something useful. To comfort a child, succor a patient, rescue a school or salvage a neighborhood gives volunteers a sense of success that few jobs can match. The chance to create and control a daring solution is irresistible and restorative. Attorney Tom Petersen is on leave * from the Dade County state attorney's office to establish, among other community programs, Teen Cuisine, which teaches culinary skills to teenage mothers. "We discovered almost by accident," he says, "that creative economic incentives can be much more effective in changing the girls' behavior than traditional counseling...