URBAN EDUCATION: ISSUES, POLICY, AND PRACTICE

Credit Hours: 3 · Undergraduate Upper-Level

This course focuses on the major issues facing urban education, including poverty, the implications of racial and ethnic diversity for educational institutions, and strategies for improving academic achievement in urban schools. Students will examine sociological, political, cultural and educational research and theory, as well as explore strategies for improvement of urban education at the classroom, school and policy levels. This course requires five hours of observation in a local secondary school. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: EDUC 535 . Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for EDUC 335 if student has credit for EDUC 535 .