Florida Officials Defend Racial and Ethnic Student Learning Goals from GOVERNING: State government news on politics, management & financ When the Florida Board of Education voted this month to set different goals for student achievement in reading and math by race and ethnicity, among other guidelines, the move was widely criticized as discriminatory and harmful to blacks and Hispanics. www.governing.com/news/state/Florida-Officials-Defend-Racial-and-Ethnic-Student-Learning-Goals.html