EDL558

040585

Market approaches to educational reform have grown increasingly since the mid-1980s in the United States. Political actors from both major political parties have supported and endorsed a variety of market approaches including but not limited to charter schools, alternative teacher certification, and reorganizing of public-private relationships. This course will prepare students to critically evaluate current scholarship, policy debates, and implementation efforts around market-based approaches to educational reform. This course will examine the history of market-based educational reforms including the ideological underpinnings and material effects of past and currents reforms. This course will also introduce students to various educational actors at the local, state, and national level involved in educational reform. Students will demonstrate their proficiency in the learning outcomes for this course with assignments.

GRD - Regular Grades A, B, C, D, E

Graduate