This course introduces students to some of the central policy questions currently afoot in American public education through consideration of one particular field of concern, Urban Education. Explores the sociological dimensions of schooling, the important questions of how race, social class and ethnicity impact American education, and the relationship between resources and outcomes at the heart of arguments about schools.
Outcomes: Students will be able to analyze the multiple and contested factors that influence urban education in the US. Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the ways that policy is connected to practice in urban education.
Outcomes: Students will be able to analyze the multiple and contested factors that influence urban education in the US. Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the ways that policy is connected to practice in urban education.