RETHINKING "AFTER-SCHOOL" EDUCATION

EDPOL 505

Explore urban education in the United States and its relationship to broader political, social, and economic contexts; focuses on contemporary urban educational issues and students' experiences in school and community settings, the experiences of students and families of color and the relationship between race, class, gender, and inequality in urban education.

POLISCI 416

Introduces students involved in volunteer or community activism in the Madison area to the literature on political power and community organizing. Conduct field research and write an analysis of activities.

EDPOL 810

Engage with and discuss the historical, ideological, and contemporary issues surrounding community-based spaces and programs serving youth. Topics will include: grassroots organizing and activism, pedagogies of the home, academic outcomes and access to higher education, full-service community-schools/school-community partnerships, social identity, funding and philanthropy, neoliberalism and education privatization, and after school and out-of-school time education. Examine the social and political context of community-based educational efforts in order to understand how they can be nurturing spaces of resistance for youth, as well as spaces of conflict and social reproduction.

EDPOL 150

Examines a variety of topics related to educational policies, practices, and issues in social, cultural, historical, and political economic contexts in the U.S. and around the world.

EDPOL 500

Explore contemporary social issues or problems and their significance for educational purposes and practices. Designed for various special topics on social issues and education.