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286.83 sec. 001 - The Struggle for Education Equity and Excellence (Spring 2024)
Instructor: Maria Echaveste
Instructor: Christopher Edley (view instructor's teaching evaluations - degree students only | profile)
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Units: 1
Grading Designation: Credit Only
Mode of Instruction: In-Person
Meeting:
Th 2:10 PM - 3:00 PM
Location: Law 113
From January 11, 2024
To April 18, 2024
Course End: April 18, 2024
Class Number: 33477
This course is open to 1Ls.
Enrollment info:
Enrolled: 20
Waitlisted: 0
Enroll Limit: 30
As of: 04/27 11:36 PM
There have been explicit efforts to improve equity and excellence in public education for over sixty years using legislation, regulation, and litigation to prescribe, monitor, and enforce change. Local, state, and federal efforts have taken a variety of forms and been driven by varying combinations of ideology, research, politics, fiscal considerations, explicit and implicit biases, conscious and unconscious biases, and more. All of the policy designs have elements familiar to other forms of social and economic regulation. All told, the generations of effort have failed to narrow the gaps in educational and life outcomes among students with various racial, ethnic and family income backgrounds. This course will provide a historical foundation to consider and evaluate current efforts to deliver on the promise of a high-quality education for each and every child, regardless of zip code, race, gender, language and ability.
Beyond the historical review of education policy at the federal and state levels, other topics include: defining and measuring equity and excellence; accountability and consequences; equity and adequacy for English language learners; access to effective instruction; early childhood education; brain sciences, adversity, and whole child equity.
Students will be required to make a short presentation (10-12 minutes) on a topic or issue that relates to an education-related legislative, policy, or regulatory issue of interest to them. The presentation will require research and analysis and accompanying PowerPoint slides. Students may collaborate on research but must make their own presentations and slides.
Exam Notes: (T) Course ends in a final practice trial, arguments, or other presentation (e.g. Powerpoint)
Course Category: Social Justice and Public Interest
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