Spring 2027

Workshop in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis

A workshop in educational leadership and policy analysis focusing on practical problems derived from student interests and needs.

offering recorded1–3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Frank Fernandez

Summary

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Past student reviews · Julie Mead

A past student found the online format easy, stating that putting in work guaranteed an A.

Grade history

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Prerequisites

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Junior standing

  • Junior standing
ELPA 502

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  • Junior standing

Professors

Spring 2027
Historical instructors & teaching patterns

JULIE MEAD is recorded teaching in Fall 2008, Spring 2009, Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Spring 2012, Fall 2014. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

WEIJIA LI is recorded teaching in Spring 2026. 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
LEC 001Online Only0 / 240

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Weijia LI

Weijia Li shared new research findings weekly and was described as a personable teacher who cared deeply for students and topics.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=5 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.95 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=11 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Julie Mead

A past student found the online format easy, stating that putting in work guaranteed an A.

Past student reviews · Weijia LI

Weijia Li was praised for being extremely intelligent and bringing new information from his research to class.

Topics

  • Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis
  • Practical problems based on student interests

Skills

  • Addressing practical problems in educational leadership and policy analysis

Grades

Latest available · Spring 2026— not enough history to project Spring 2027.

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Grades over time

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Not enough comparable courses for Spring 2027 in UW–Madison.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

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Selected offering source records
ELPA 502 · Spring 2027

Workshop in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis

Recorded 2026-10-29
ELPA 502 · Spring 2027

Leadership in Campus Crisis

Recorded 2026-10-29
Raw records 
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Grade history

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-29

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Model outputs & technical records
Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
LLM outputs across runs
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Model & dataset provenance 
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