PARADOXES AND PROMISES: CRITICAL ISSUES IN URBAN EDUCATION

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This course introduces students to important issues and policies that influence urban schools and school communities. It provides a deeper understanding of the difficulties that schools, parents, children, and teachers face in making American schools a truly equitable institution. Course readings, papers, projects, and other assignments focus on explanations of inequality, including policy efforts over the years to close the "achievement gap," including Title I, Head Start, Affirmative Action, No Child Left Behind, Every Student Succeeds, and more.