Dr. Dipti Desai, Associate Professor of Art and Art Education at New York University has developed a a vivid map of the Educational Industrial Complex. Check out the image and report (PDF) From the introduction: What is the Educational Industrial Complex (EIC)? The term Educational Industrial Complex (EIC) was first used by Anthony Picciano in 1994. According…
Monday, November 2 | 5:00 pm 5th floor McShain Hall Recently, there has been growing opposition nationally and locally to “high-stakes testing,” as critics say results are unfairly used to label schools and students as failing, ignoring factors such as poverty. Over 500 students in the Philadelphia School District were opted out last spring. This…
Facebook Event Page Does the Constitution guarantee an “equal education” to every child? What do the U.S. and Pennsylvania Constitutions say about school choice, teacher tenure, standardized testing, and more? The Center hosts two conversations exploring these questions. In the first discussion, education policy experts—Donna Cooper of Public Citizens for Children and Youth (PCCY), Mark…
Anyon, J. Radical Possibilities, 2nd Edition, pages 92-95 and 107-114. Nicosia, M. (2015, October 13). The Tenuous Fate of Pennsylvania’s Public Schools. The Atlantic. Retrieved from http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/10/pennsylvania-budget-legislature-school-funding/409936/?utm_source=SFFB Education Law Center (2013). Funding, Formulas and Fairness: What Pennsylvania Can Learn From Other States’ Education Funding Formulas. Education Law Center http://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/ELC_schoolfundingreport.2013.pdf Fernandez, R., & Rogerson, R. (2003). Equity…
Lifted from Syllabus: You must choose at least one blog and at least three Twitter feeds to follow during our course. You should bring the insights you glean from these sources (insights into education and education-related policies, insights into research related to policies, and insights into policy-related political/social movement work) into our course discussions, and…
This is the Accessible Policy Assignment Look through the table of contents of either the Senate or the Houses current bills for amending ESEA Choose a Title of ESEA that you would like to look at more closely. Then look at the amendments proposed in that same title in SB1177 and HR5. Ask yourself what are…
Read Mitchell, D. E. (1986). Six Criteria for Evaluating State-Level Education Policies. Educational Leadership, 44(1), 14–16. Dee, T. S., Jacob, B. A., Hoxby, C. M., & Ladd, H. F. (2010). The impact of No Child Left Behind on students, teachers, and schools [with Comments and Discussion]. Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 149–207. Revisit *Anyon, J….
Week 6 (10/5-10/9) ***No class on Thursday October 8, work on your Accessible Policy Assignment*** Readings Anyon, J (2005) Radical possibilities, All of Part III *Jacobsen, R. Voice of the People in Education Policy *Readings from Hagopian, J. (2014). More than a score: the new uprising against high-stakes testing. Haymarket Books. Chapter 15 Chapter 22…
Readings Hursh, D. (2007). Assessing No Child Left Behind and the Rise of Neoliberal Education Policies. American Educational Research Journal, 44(3), 493–518. http://doi.org/10.3102/0002831207306764 Au, W. (2015). High-stakes testing: A tool for White supremacy for over 100 years. In B. Picower & E. Mayorga (Eds.), What’s Race Got to Do with It? How Current School Reform…
On Thursday, September 17th from 1:15-2:15 our Ed Policy class will be having it’s first Twitter Chat. The focus will be on thinking about the role of different actors (the state, governmental actors, local people/citizens(?), business community, etc) in the formation of education policy. For those new to Twitter Chats, you can check out…