URBAN SCHOOL POLICY
Examines the following questions focusing on: goals and values for urban schools, framings of "the problem" of K-12 urban schooling in the United States, evidence of the complexities and research evidence on contemporary policies for improving urban schools, and theories of urban school politics, policy, and equity-oriented school reform. Focuses on system-level educational problems, politics, and policies.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Junior standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Breadth - Social Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2022 Learning Outcomes: 1. Develop knowledge about how urban school problems are framed, a variety of prominent policies aimed at improving urban schools, and explanations for the difficulty of changing urban school districts Audience: Undergraduate 2. Critically reflect on contemporary and enduring debates about urban school problems, policies, and the politics of school system change. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Apply concepts and lessons from the course to analyze new issues and pressing concerns related to urban school policy. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Develop knowledge about how urban school problems are framed, a variety of prominent policies aimed at improving urban schools, and explanations for the difficulty of changing urban school districts Audience: Undergraduate 2. Critically reflect on contemporary and enduring debates about urban school problems, policies, and the politics of school system change. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Apply concepts and lessons from the course to analyze new issues and pressing concerns related to urban school policy. Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027