URBAN SCHOOL POLICY

EDPOL 510

Course Description

Examines the following questions focusing on: goals and values for urban schools, framings of "the problem" of K-12 urban schooling in the United States, evidence of the complexities and research evidence on contemporary policies for improving urban schools, and theories of urban school politics, policy, and equity-oriented school reform. Focuses on system-level educational problems, politics, and policies.

Prerequisties

Junior standing

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average

3.36

-1.23% from Historical

Completion Rate

93.1%

-0.52% from Historical

A Rate

58.62%

11.52% from Historical

Class Size

11.54% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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