Education History and Law

Catalog description

The focus will be primarily on public elementary and secondary education. The students will examine issues related to: race and ethnicity, immigration status, language, gender, and disability as it bears on educational equity; discipline, freedom of expression, and religion in the context of student rights; also, federal authority, curricular control, and alternatives to traditional public education in response to educational reform efforts. Students will also learn the history and laws surrounding their action research topic as they begin to develop their literature review. Prerequisite: EDD-720