Fall 2026

The Politics of Education Injustice in the US

Examines the politics of education injustice in the US through histories of race, class, and gender, and analyzes policy power dynamics.

offering recorded3 credits

Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Rachel Williams

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.75 GPA, 94.4% A/AB (n=18 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.81 GPA, 92.6% A/AB (n=27 letter grades).

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Course details

Credits3 credits

Typically offeredNot Applicable

Subjects

Educational Policy Studies

About this course

Public education in the United States is an inherently political site that offers an important institution to understand politics, power, and injustice broadly. Explore these themes from multiple angles: (a) the layered histories of injustice at the intersection of race, class, gender, and more in historical and present cases; (b) the power of ideas in shaping policy possibilities; (c) shifting levels of governance and questions of injustice; and (c) perspectives of key actors, interests, and stakeholders. Consider the politics of education in relation to broader social, spatial, historical, and political economic contexts. Develop critical analytic and conceptual tools to deeply understand and analyze how power and politics are impacting contemporary educational policy events. By drawing from grassroots and subjugated perspectives, cultivate a policy imagination towards more just educational possibilities, and explore the necessary policy infrastructure and movements to sustain them.

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Sophomore standing

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EDPOL 355

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Professors

Fall 2026

Rachel Williams

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.75 GPA, 94.4% A/AB (n=18 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.81 GPA, 92.6% A/AB (n=27 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

RACHEL WILLIAMS is recorded teaching in Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Fall 2026

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Section	Mode	Enrolled / capacity	Waitlist
LEC 001	Classroom Instruction	29 / 30	0

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.75 GPA, 94.4% A/AB (n=18 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.81 GPA, 92.6% A/AB (n=27 letter grades).

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Topics

Histories of injustice intersecting race, class, and gender
Power of ideas in shaping policy
Governance levels and injustice
Key actors, interests, and stakeholders in policy
Social, spatial, and political economic contexts of education

Skills

Critical analysis of power and politics in educational policy
Policy imagination for just educational possibilities

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EDPOL 355 · Fall 2026

The Politics of Education Injustice in the US

Recorded 2026-09-07

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