Thanks to Bobby and George for putting this together. @CritEduPolicy @eimayorga for anyone confused about individual & group due dates, here's @bzipp95's handy timeline! pic.twitter.com/qFq6VRLQLK — gmws82 (@gmws82) October 29, 2015 Social Media Reflection: Nov. 6th Accessible Policy Assignment: Nov 20th (email to Edwin as Word Doc) Policy Project Draft: Dec 3rd (bring paper copies)…
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…
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…
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…
Note: We may not have class on Thu. 9/17, instead we will have our first #CritEdPol Twitter Chat Readings: Scott, J.C. Seeing like a State. Introduction & Chapter 4 (skim) Trouillot, M. (2001). The Anthropology of the State in the Age of Globalization: Close Encounters of the Deceptive Kind. Current Anthropology,42(1), 125–138. http://doi.org/10.1086/318437 Kirst, M. W.,…