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…
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…
Readings: Anyon, J. (2014). Radical possibilities, 2nd Ed (Intro & Chapter 1 & 6) Ravitch, D. Death and Life of the Great Am. School (Chapter 2 and Chapter 6) *McDonnell, L. M. (2005). No Child Left Behind and the Federal Role in Education: Evolution or Revolution? Peabody Journal of Education, 80(2), 19–38. Assignments: (Due Fri…
The convening is designed to create partnerships in support of replacing high stakes testing with more meaningful forms of assessment and accountability. Educators, parents, students, researchers, and other key stakeholders will work to develop action plans in the following four areas: 1) Organizing/mobilizing against high stakes testing 2) Developing authentic and alternative assessments for students…
This fall CEPS (@CritEduPolicy) director, Edwin Mayorga (@eimayorga) is teaching Education Policy (Educ 41) at Swarthmore College. Here is the course description What is policy, and how does it shape what we can and cannot do? What is the relationship between education, policy, the state, schools and people? How do education policies work in relation…
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“State of the Research”: School Closings Mid-Atlantic Regional Symposium June 19, 2015 8:30 am – 5:00 pm Forum Room, Stitler Hall, University of Pennsylvania (see directions below) Follow #SchoolClosures on Twitter Agenda 8:30 am Breakfast and Registration 9:00 am Welcome and Overview of the Day Elaine Simon, Co-Director, Urban Studies Program, University of Pennsylvania Rand Quinn,…