Spring 2027

Urban School Policy

Examines goals, values, and framings of K-12 urban schooling problems, contemporary improvement policies, and theories of urban school politics and equity-oriented reform at the system level.

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2015: 3.42 GPA, 65.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades); Fall 2019: 3.69 GPA, 85.2% A/AB (n=27 letter grades); Spring 2022: 3.61 GPA, 77.8% A/AB (n=27 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Develop knowledge about how urban school problems are framed, a variety of prominent policies aimed at improving urban schools, and explanations for the difficulty of changing urban school districts

  • Critically reflect on contemporary and enduring debates about urban school problems, policies, and the politics of school system change.

  • Apply concepts and lessons from the course to analyze new issues and pressing concerns related to urban school policy.

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EDPOL 510

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Student experience

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2015: 3.42 GPA, 65.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades); Fall 2019: 3.69 GPA, 85.2% A/AB (n=27 letter grades); Spring 2022: 3.61 GPA, 77.8% A/AB (n=27 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Goals, values, and problem framings in K-12 urban schooling
  • Research evidence on contemporary policies for improving urban schools
  • Theories of urban school politics, policy, and equity-oriented school reform
  • System-level educational problems, politics, and policies

Skills

  • Understanding how urban school problems are framed and analyzing prominent improvement policies
  • Critically reflecting on debates regarding urban school problems, policies, and system change politics
  • Applying course concepts to analyze new issues and pressing concerns in urban school policy

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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