Spring 2027

Contemporary Issues in K-12 Schools

Explores current K-12 practices and issues related to educational inequality, educational debt, and educator roles in system change within diverse schools.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=19 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.97 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=19 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Identify at least three critical contemporary issues in US PK-12 schooling.

  • Identify major sources of educational inequity in schools and across school districts.

  • Explain the differences between the concepts of "achievement gap" and "educational debt."

  • Describe the crucial roles of teachers in the classroom and administrators in schools and districts for addressing educational inequity.

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Prerequisites

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CURRIC 276

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Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=19 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.97 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=19 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Current practices and issues in K-12 school systems
  • Educational inequality
  • Educational debt
  • Roles of teachers and administrators in system change
  • Culturally and socio-economically diverse schools

Skills

  • Identify critical contemporary issues in US PK-12 schooling.
  • Identify major sources of educational inequity in schools and districts.
  • Explain differences between key equity concepts.
  • Describe teacher and administrator roles for addressing educational inequity.

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CURRIC 276 · Spring 2027

Contemporary Issues in K-12 Schools

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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