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…
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.,…
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Week 2 (9/7-9/11): Perspectives on Policy Analysis Readings: McDonnell, L. A Political Science Perspective on Education Policy Analysis Lauen & Tyson. Perspectives from the Disciplines: Sociological Contributions to Education Policy Research and Debates Carnoy. Policy Research in Education *Picower, B., & Mayorga, E. (Eds.). (2015). What’s Race Got to Do with It? (Intro) Assignments (Due…