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Contemporary Issues in U.S. Education, EDUC 163

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This course surveys the major events, as well as broader social, political, and economic forces, that have coalesced to shape U.S. public schools today and the contemporary reforms that policy makers have designed to improve them. We accomplish this by exploring the scholarship on the roots of educational inequality, the history of school reform, and the most prominent reforms that are present in American schools today. We engage with primary research, historical artifacts, advocacy documents, and guest speakers who represent a range of ideological and political perspectives.

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Credit: 4.5 quarter units / 3 semester units credit
UC Berkeley, Grad School of Education

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Formerly known as: EDUC 152

Course Creator

Glynda Hull
Glynda A. Hull is a professor of Language, Literacy, and Culture in the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley, where she also holds the Elizabeth H. and Eugene A. Shurtleff Chair in Undergraduate Education. She recently collaborated with educators in several countries, with support from the Spencer Foundation, to create and study an international social networking project for youth. In California over the last ten years, with support from the US Department of Education and other agencies, she has created and studied after school programs for K-12 youth that emphasize digital media. Her current research focuses on designing innovative online spaces for learning and exploring the burgeoning phenomenon of global schools. Glynda A. Hull is a professor of Language, Literacy, and Culture in the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley, where she also holds the Elizabeth H. and Eugene A. Shurtleff Chair in Undergraduate Education. She recently collaborated with educators in several countries, with support from the Spencer Foundation, to create and study an international social ...

Glynda A. Hull is a professor of Language, Literacy, and Culture in the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley, where she also holds the Elizabeth H. and Eugene A. Shurtleff Chair in Undergraduate Education. She recently collaborated with educators in several countries, with support from the Spencer Foundation, to create and study an international social networking project for youth. In California over the last ten years, with support from the US Department of Education and other agencies, she has created and studied after school programs for K-12 youth that emphasize digital media. Her current research focuses on designing innovative online spaces for learning and exploring the burgeoning phenomenon of global schools.

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