Educational Equity - Washington DC Seminar

(1 Credit Hour) · Undergraduate

This course examines the complex contemporary and historical factors that obstruct justice and equity in the American education system. Students will consider the ways the persistent inequity in education interrupts human flourishing and inhibits civic engagement. Through conversation, reflection, and encounter students will begin to cultivate a vision of just education informed by an awareness of power, privilege, and positionality. This seminar will help students understand how assertions of dignity and concern for the common good must factor into innovations in both the private and public sectors of education to advance equity and achieve justice for all. This seminar includes a Spring Break immersion to Washington DC to meet with lawmakers, policy experts, and educational advocates.