CRITICAL ISSUES IN EDUCATIONAL POLICY

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.

ELPA 870

Policy development in education as a political process; community power, state and national politics in educational decision making; role of leadership and pressure groups, particularly the educational lobbies, in the shaping of educational policy at local, state, and national levels.

EDPOL 701

An introduction to diverse scholarly perspectives in educational policy studies.

EDPOL 600

Examines various debates in the field of education policy specific to special topic identified by instructor/faculty. Policy area and faculty vary each semester.

EDPOL/ELPA/PUBAFFR 765

Theory, research, and practical experience in educational policy analysis, including the social construction of policy problems in education; the design, implementation, and evaluation of policy responses; and the practical and ethical dilemmas of the policy analyst.