Democracy and Education

EDPOL 305 explores education in democracies and contemporary U.S. controversies, analyzing history, values, and democratic criteria.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Emily YoungMax Yakubovskiy

Summary

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Historical reviews of Anthony Hernandez: Some weeks can be extremely writing heavy, potentially due to summer scheduling or atypical teaching assignments.

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Prerequisites

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EDPOL 305

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Professors

Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2025: 3.70 GPA, 89.8% A/AB (n=49 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

No reviews exist for current instructors Emily Young or Max Yakubovskiy. Historical reviews for Abby Beneke describe her as insightful and the course as simple, though group work can be frustrating. Anthony Hernandez is noted as caring, with a writing-heavy structure attributed to his summer teaching.

ABBY BENEKE is recorded teaching in Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

ANTHONY HERNANDEZ is recorded teaching in Fall 2022. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

EMILY YOUNG is recorded teaching in 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

Fall 2026

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 002Classroom Instruction23 / 250
LEC 001Classroom Instruction25 / 250

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Student experience

the class

Historical reviews describe the course as easy with insightful instruction, though some note frustrating group work dynamics and occasional heavy writing loads.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.57 GPA, 73.9% A/AB (n=46 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.70 GPA, 89.8% A/AB (n=49 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.90 GPA, 96.0% A/AB (n=25 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Historical reviews of Anthony Hernandez: Some weeks can be extremely writing heavy, potentially due to summer scheduling or atypical teaching assignments.

Historical reviews of Abby Beneke: Small group discussions are frequent, but participation can be frustrating if group members do not contribute to the work.

Topics

  • History of mass schooling in the U.S.
  • Contemporary U.S. educational controversies
  • Education for democratic life
  • Democratic criteria: equality, liberty, and justice

Skills

  • Analyze competing values in contemporary educational issues
  • Evaluate educational issues using democratic criteria

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EDPOL 305 · Fall 2026

Democracy and Education

Recorded 2026-09-07
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