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Fall 2023
Dec 22, 2024 |
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| EDUC 305 - Educational Policy |
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An examination of educational policy in the United States, with a focus on P-12 education. The course begins with a brief overview of the debates around the purposes of schooling in the American context, as well as a range of perspectives on why it has proven challenging to improve U.S. schools. Students examine various policy problems and a range of federal and state reform efforts designed to respond to those problems. The issues to be examined include the achievement gap, school choice reforms, and urban education reform. The course draws upon seminal texts on educational policy, as well as contemporary academic and popular writing.
Prerequisite: EDUC 205 Race, Class, Culture, and Language in Education
1.000 Credit hours 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Non-Matriculated, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent/Directed Study, Lecture Education Department Course Attributes: Undergraduate Level Course Restrictions: May not be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Non-Matriculated May not be assigned one of the following Student Attributes: DGCE Student Prerequisites: PREREQ for EDUC 305 General Requirements: ( May not be taken concurrently. ) or ( May not be taken concurrently. ) or ( Course or Test: EDUC 205 May not be taken concurrently. ) |
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