Educational Leadership and Civil Rights.

Catalog description

Semester course; 3 lecture hours (delivered online, face-to-face or hybrid). 3 credits. This course will examine the evolution of civil rights in the U.S. educational system from historical, legal, policy and social science perspectives. Students will explore the grassroots organizing that supports landmark civil rights victories, as well as leadership across crucial spheres such as law and policy. The purpose of the course is to develop students’ understanding of how key civil rights principles have been advanced and contested in schools. The class will do this with an ultimate goal of developing leadership capacity to respond to contemporary civil rights challenges related to education.