EDU 7455 — Educational Systems: The Dynamics of Policy, Power, and Practice
3 semester hoursGraduateLecture
Presents a comprehensive overview of U.S. education policy and politics at the state and national level. Introduces students to the policy process, education governance, and education policy issues. Critically analyzes professional practice and problems of practice within the broader context of local, state, and federal education policy systems. Investigates in-depth the political dynamics and policy challenges in U.S. education. Education policy represents perhaps our nation’s most complex, far-reaching, and contentious ongoing domestic policy issue. Explores federal, state, and local political institutions and the broad range of education policy reforms they have implemented to improve our national education goals. The final student project must include a policy memo recommending changes for improving a specific area of the education system.