Spring 2027

Youth, Education, and Society

An interdisciplinary course that explores youth through theoretical, historical, social, and cultural perspectives with a focus on Minoritized Youth and the intersections of race, class, gender, and sexuality.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Anthony Hernandez4.1/5Naomi Wilson

Summary

1 / 6

Past student reviews · Anthony Hernandez

The class required a good amount of writing, though assignments were not too hefty. Students reported lots of readings, though some felt they could skip articles most weeks.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Identify how the category of “youth” is conceptualized over space and time

  • Analyze issues, ideas and concepts central to understanding the social and political factors that shape youth’s experience and educational outcomes in the US – and how these experiences vary across race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality and context.

  • Apply critical thinking skills to myriad significant racial and socio-cultural issues in and around educational communities for youth of color in marginalized contexts

  • Deconstruct the framing of youth within education, research, media, and popular discourses

  • Contextualize personal beliefs and understanding of social forces (i.e. race, class, gender, sexuality, power, etc.) and how these beliefs shape their own social identities

  • Develop an awareness of the worldviews of others and the varied realities of youths’ educational and social experiences

  • Engage in/and think critically about political and social events that impact the lives of young people as it relates to the current moment (social movements, youth uprisings, campus conflict/climate, etc.)

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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EDPOL 210

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Professors

Spring 2027

Anthony Hernandez

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About this rating

Raw average: 4.59/5 from 17 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

For this course: 4.9/5 raw quality · 2.1/5 difficulty · 9 reviews

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Past student reviews · Anthony Hernandez

Anthony Hernandez teaches a discussion-based course with a heavy reading load, though students noted that not all articles were strictly required. Grading relied on two papers, a final project where students chose a social justice issue, and fourteen annotations. He was described as caring and accommodating, even adjusting quiz structures and adding extra credit to support student success.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.95 GPA, 98.0% A/AB (n=98 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.91 GPA, 97.4% A/AB (n=114 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.92 GPA, 97.3% A/AB (n=147 letter grades).

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.93 GPA, 97.9% A/AB (n=48 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.88 GPA, 94.0% A/AB (n=50 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.85 GPA, 95.7% A/AB (n=47 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Past student reviews · Bianca Baldridge

Bianca Baldridge’s historical reviews describe engaging, easy-going lectures with no tests, relying instead on short papers, weekly readings, discussion postings, and a group project. Students found the coursework contributed to understanding and appreciated her leniency during the online transition.

ANTHONY HERNANDEZ is recorded teaching in Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

BIANCA BALDRIDGE is recorded teaching in Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

MARLO REEVES is recorded teaching in Fall 2016, Spring 2020. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

NAOMI WILSON is recorded teaching in Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
DIS 303Classroom Instruction0 / 250
LEC 002Classroom Instruction0 / 500
DIS 304Classroom Instruction0 / 250
DIS 305Classroom Instruction0 / 250
DIS 306Classroom Instruction0 / 250
LEC 003Classroom Instruction0 / 500
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 500
DIS 301Classroom Instruction0 / 250
DIS 302Classroom Instruction0 / 250
LEC 004Classroom Instruction0 / 00

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Anthony Hernandez

Students described Hernandez as caring and engaging, with useful content. The course involved regular readings, two papers, fourteen annotations, and a final project.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.93 GPA, 96.6% A/AB (n=175 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.89 GPA, 96.9% A/AB (n=161 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.92 GPA, 97.3% A/AB (n=147 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Anthony Hernandez

The class required a good amount of writing, though assignments were not too hefty. Students reported lots of readings, though some felt they could skip articles most weeks.

Past student reviews · Anthony Hernandez

Hernandez was accommodating, changing quiz setups and adding extra credit to support students. Office hours were recommended for building connections and clarifying expectations.

Topics

  • Conceptions of youth, education and schooling, race, gender, sexuality, politics and activism, community-based learning, criminal justice, media, and popular culture
  • Lived experiences of young people within diverse racial, cultural, gendered, sexualized and classed contexts using historical and contemporary texts

Skills

  • Critical thinking about racial and socio-cultural issues in educational communities
  • Analyzing social and political factors shaping youth experience and educational outcomes
  • Contextualizing personal beliefs regarding social forces and identity

Grades

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Spring 2027 · Projected

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About this estimate

The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.

The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.

5 earlier forecasts · 0.05 GPA average error.

Grades over time

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Where this course fits relative to

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About this comparison

1280 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

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Catalog observation history

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Selected offering source records
EDPOL 210 · Spring 2027

Youth, Education, and Society

Recorded 2026-10-14
Raw records 
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Model outputs & technical records
Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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