INDIGENOUS EDUCATION POLICY AND PRACTICE

EDPOL 145

Introduction to K-12 education policy, policy processes, and school governance in the United States. Examines the multiple and sometimes conflicting goals that animate education debates; the discourses and representations of schools, students, and education policies that shape policy and politics; research on education and education policy; and the various lenses and conceptual tools that can help us understand education policy. Includes original policy texts, empirical and conceptual research, current events, and film. Considers how key themes may be useful (or not) for thinking about early childhood education, higher education, and K-12 education in historical and contemporary, US and and global, contexts.

AMERIND/HISTORY 380

Introduction to the history of American Indian education. Evaluate the relationship between education and sovereignty through a survey of schools including missions, boarding schools, survival schools, tribal colleges, language nests, charter schools, and more.

AMERIND 250

Introduction to the various American Indian Nations within Wisconsin's borders with an emphasis on their history, culture, and sovereignty. Examines individual tribes and bands as well as common issues that affect tribal and non-tribal people in Wisconsin.

AMERIND/LEGALST 480

Historical survey of federal Indian law and policy and selected topics focusing on contemporary federal Indian law and policy issues and problems. Principles of jurisdiction, sovereignty, and federal trust duties will also be covered.

EDPOL 180

Provides an overview of the construction of racialized identity in the US and around the world. Examines the relationship between race, ethnicity, and white supremacy as social constructions and connects this to historical and current models of schooling. Explores the concept of settler colonialism and introduces its history in the US and in Wisconsin. Fosters understanding of white supremacy and of formal schooling as national systems that often work to reinforce one another, and of alternative approaches to schooling and society that can foster equity and justice.