2019 Education Policy Practicum
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Spring 2019
Wednesdays, 8:30am – 11:30am
Instructor: Robert Balfanz, 410-516-4272, rbalfanz@jhu.edu
Course Description: In this class students will examine how state and federal education policy is made through an exploration of contemporary educational issues and current educational policy debates and actors. The class is organized from the perspective of education policy practitioners.
Course Syllabus: Please follow this link for a PDF of the course syllabus
PowerPoint: Short History of Education Policy in the U.S.
Weekly Readings
- How Ed Policy is Made 1: Role of Foundations
- How Ed Policy is Made 2: Inside Institutional Players – Common Core (Feb. 20)
- How Ed Policy is Made 3: Congressional Committees – ESSA (Feb. 27)
- How Ed Policy is Made 4: Think Tanks-Aspen Commission on Social Emotional, and Academic Development. Role of Op-Eds
- How Ed Policy is Made 5: State Legislatures and The Courts-Educational Funding
- How Ed Policy is Made 6: Federal, State, and Independent Commissions- School Safety and Discipline
- How Educational Policy is Made 7: Grassroots and Use of Media-Teacher Evaluation, Testing, and School Closure
- How Educational Policy is Made 8: Business: Virtual Schooling and Education Entrepreneurs
- Education Policy Challenges 1- Why are teachers not more involved in Ed Policy formation? -TFA and Teacher Strikes
- Education Policy Challenge 2-Making Education Policy in a Changing Landscape-How to strengthen the research and practice to policy connection- Design Thinking