{"id":18,"date":"2012-01-12T21:41:40","date_gmt":"2012-01-12T21:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.adrealawrence.org\/edpolicy\/spring2012\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2012-04-23T16:15:38","modified_gmt":"2012-04-23T16:15:38","slug":"schedule","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.adrealawrence.org\/edpolicy\/spring2012\/schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"<table width=\"1030\" cellpadding=\"3\" align=\"bottom\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#A0CFEC\" width=\"35%\"\/>\n<td bgcolor=\"#A0CFEC\" width=\"65%\">\n<h3><strong>Survey of the Terrain<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#c7c7c7\" width=\"35%\">\n<h4><strong>17 January 2012<br\/>\n<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#c7c7c7\" width=\"65%\">\n<h4><strong>Introduction to and Overview of the Course <strong>&amp; Organization of the U.S. Public School System<\/strong> <\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"35%\">\u00a0<em>Readings: <\/em><\/td>\n<td width=\"65%\">\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/nces.ed.gov\/programs\/digest\/d04\/ch_4.asp\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Federal Funds for Education Programs and Related Activities<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#c7c7c7\" width=\"35%\">\n<h4><strong>24 January 2012<br\/>\n<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#c7c7c7\" width=\"65%\">\n<h4><strong>Purposes of Schooling<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"35%\">\u00a0<em>Readings: <\/em><\/td>\n<td width=\"65%\">\n<ul>\n<li>Postman, Ch. 1-4<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Massachusetts_Education_Laws\">Massachusetts Education Laws of 1642 and 1647<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/fullscreen\/57012400\">National Defense Education Act of 1958<\/a> (on course website\u2014<a title=\"Readings\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adrealawrence.org\/edpolicy\/spring2012\/readings\/\">Readings<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Supplemental:\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Labaree, Ch. 1, \u201cPublic Schools for Private Advantage: Conflicting Goals and the Impact on Education\u201d (on course website\u2014<a title=\"Readings\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adrealawrence.org\/edpolicy\/spring2012\/readings\/\">Readings<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"35%\">\u00a0<em>Research and writing assignment(s):<\/em><\/td>\n<td width=\"65%\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.library.american.edu\/tutorial\/index.html\">Information Literacy Tutorial<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiana.edu\/~istd\/test.html\">Plagiarism Test<\/a> certificates due electronically by email<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#c7c7c7\" width=\"35%\">\n<h4><strong>31 January 2012<br\/>\n<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#c7c7c7\" width=\"65%\">\n<h4><strong>Higher Education<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"35%\"><em>Readings: <\/em><\/td>\n<td width=\"65%\">\n<ul>\n<li>Goldin, C. and Katz, L.F. (1999). \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/proquest.umi.com.proxyau.wrlc.org\/pqdweb?did=39604447&amp;sid=1&amp;Fmt=4&amp;clientId=31806&amp;RQT=309&amp;VName=PQD&amp;cfc=1\">The Shaping of Higher Education:\u00a0 The Formative Years in the United States, 1890-1940<\/a>,\u201d The Journal of Economic Perspectives 13(1): 37-62.<\/li>\n<li>Campbell, R.F. and Boyd, W.L. (1970). \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jstor.org.proxyau.wrlc.org\/sici?sici=0040-5841%281970%299:4%3C232:FSOHEE%3E2.0.CO;2-&amp;#&amp;origin=sfx%3Asfx\">Federal Support of Higher Education: Elitism versus Egalitarianism<\/a>,\u201d Theory into Practice 9(4): 232-238.<\/li>\n<li><em>Guest speaker<\/em>:\u00a0 Alex Hodges, education librarian, on conducting policy research<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dataqualitycampaign.org\/files\/DFA2011%20Annual%20Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Data-driven white paper<\/a> (suggested by Meredith)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanprogress.org\/issues\/2012\/01\/pdf\/chang_wraparound.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Wrap-around services white paper<\/a> (suggested by Mitchell)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#c7c7c7\" width=\"35%\">\n<h4><strong>7 February 2012<br\/>\n<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#c7c7c7\" width=\"65%\">\n<h4><strong>Education Beyond the Schoolhouse<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"35%\"><em>Readings: <\/em><\/td>\n<td width=\"65%\">\n<ul>\n<li>Storr, R. (1976). \u201cThe role of education in American history: A memorandum for the committee advising the fund for the advancement of education in regard to this subject,\u201d Harvard Educational Review, 46(3): 331-354. (on <a title=\"Readings\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adrealawrence.org\/courses\/edpolicy\/fall2011\/readings\/\" target=\"_blank\">Readings<\/a> page)<\/li>\n<li>Herb, S. (2000). \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/ala\/mgrps\/divs\/aasl\/aaslpubsandjournals\/slmrb\/slmrcontents\/volume42001\/herb.cfm\">Preschool education through public libraries<\/a>,\u201d U.S. Department of Education.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.americanprogress.org\/issues\/2012\/01\/pdf\/movin_it_improvin_it.pdf&amp;ei=Q-4rT5K2OsjeggeesO3VDw&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=unauthorizedredirect&amp;ct=targetlink&amp;ust=1328280907959514&amp;usg=AFQjCNEY00fQR6GGf_-Th0mc4thESKROoA\" target=\"_blank\">CAP paper<\/a> on teacher evaluation (suggested by Kelsey)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/78177066\/False-Choices-The-Economic-Argument-Against-Market-Driven-Education-Reform?secret_password=&amp;autodown=pdf#\" target=\"_blank\">Market models<\/a> of schooling reform paper (suggested by Stacy)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"1030\" cellpadding=\"3\" align=\"bottom\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#A0CFEC\" width=\"35%\"\/>\n<td bgcolor=\"#A0CFEC\" width=\"65%\">\n<h3>Pressing Matters<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#c7c7c7\" width=\"35%\">\n<h4>14 February 2012<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#c7c7c7\" width=\"65%\">\n<h4><strong>Structure and Curriculum<br\/>\n<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"35%\"><em>Readings: <\/em><\/td>\n<td width=\"65%\">\n<ul>\n<li>New England Primer (pp. 57-73 on 1727 <a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=MaI1TtavbbYC&amp;printsec=frontcover&amp;source=gbs_ge_summary_r&amp;cad=0#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false\">facsimile<\/a>; through \u201cThe Creed\u201d on 1777 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sacred-texts.com\/chr\/nep\/1777\/index.htm\">transcription<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Mann, Horace. 10th Annual Report. (on course website\u2014<a title=\"Readings\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adrealawrence.org\/edpolicy\/spring2012\/readings\/\">Readings<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Mann, Horace. 12th Annual Report. (on course website\u2014<a title=\"Readings\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adrealawrence.org\/edpolicy\/spring2012\/readings\/\">Readings<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/the-press-office\/2012\/01\/27\/fact-sheet-president-obama-s-blueprint-keeping-college-affordable-and-wi\" target=\"_blank\">White House Fact Sheet<\/a> on college affordability (suggested by Hannah)<\/li>\n<li>Foundation for Child Development <a href=\"http:\/\/fcd-us.org\/resources\/investing-public-programs-matters-how-state-policies-impact-childrens-lives%23node-1152&amp;ei=BmA1T9jbLuHd0QGkp-3HAg&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=unauthorizedredirect&amp;ct=targetlink&amp;ust=1328899854767441&amp;usg=AFQjCNE72PGlJ-cK6wRZYDGCHnA2kl_hTQ\" target=\"_blank\">paper<\/a> on state policy impacts on children (suggested by Sarah)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"35%\"><em>Research and writing assignment(s):<\/em><\/td>\n<td width=\"65%\"><strong>Policy history<\/strong> due by class time<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#c7c7c7\" width=\"35%\">\n<h4><strong>21 February 2012<br\/>\n<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#c7c7c7\" width=\"65%\">\n<h4><strong>Structure and Curriculum<br\/>\n<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"35%\"\/>\n<td width=\"65%\">\n<ul>\n<li>McGuffey\u2019s First Eclectic Reader, Revised Edition (on course website\u2014<a title=\"Readings\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adrealawrence.org\/edpolicy\/spring2012\/readings\/\">Readings<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Committee of Ten Report via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/1074830\">JSTOR<\/a> (on course website\u2014<a title=\"Readings\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adrealawrence.org\/edpolicy\/spring2012\/readings\/\">Readings<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/legalclips.nsba.org\/?p=12417\" target=\"_blank\">NSBA legal clip article<\/a> on NCLB waivers (suggested by Rachel)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.copaa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Charter-Schools-and-Students-with-DisabilitiesFINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates paper<\/a> on students with disabilities and charter schools (suggested by Mary)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#c7c7c7\" width=\"35%\">\n<h4>28 February 2012<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#c7c7c7\" width=\"65%\">\n<h4><strong>Schooling, Land, and Colonization<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"35%\"><em>Readings: <\/em><\/td>\n<td width=\"65%\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/avalon.law.yale.edu\/18th_century\/nworder.asp\">Northwest Ordinance<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Morrill Act of 1862 (on course website\u2014<a title=\"Readings\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adrealawrence.org\/edpolicy\/spring2012\/readings\/\">Readings<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Morrill Act of 1890 (on course website\u2014<a title=\"Readings\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adrealawrence.org\/edpolicy\/spring2012\/readings\/\">Readings<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>U.S. Congress, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=COTvocv68koC&amp;pg=PA33&amp;lpg=PA33&amp;dq=1819+civization+fund+act&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=xzqgOBkwlD&amp;sig=by90WSiD3PqN4jZTS6J7w4F2J2I&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=book_result&amp;resnum=3&amp;ct=result#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false\">Civilization Fund Act, 1819<\/a>,\u201d (p. 33) Documents of United States Indian Policy<\/li>\n<li>Red Jacket, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/details\/longlostspeechof00redj\">A Long-Lost Speech of Red Jacket<\/a>\u201c<\/li>\n<li>Adams, D.W. (1988). \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/proquest.umi.com.proxyau.wrlc.org\/pqdweb?did=1659773&amp;sid=2&amp;Fmt=2&amp;clientId=31806&amp;RQT=309&amp;VName=PQD\">Fundamental Considerations: The Deep Meaning of Native American Schooling, 1880-1900<\/a>,\u201d Harvard Educational Review, 58(1): 1-28.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nepc.colorado.edu\/thinktank\/review-long-term-impacts\" target=\"_blank\">National Education Policy Center review<\/a> of paper on teacher effects on student earnings (suggested by Daniel)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/edmoney.newamerica.net\/sites\/newamerica.net\/files\/policydocs\/Summary%20and%20Analysis%202013%20FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">New America Foundation paper<\/a> on Obama\u2019s proposed 2013 budget (suggested by Taylor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#c7c7c7\" width=\"35%\">\n<h4><strong>6 March 2012<br\/>\n<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#c7c7c7\" width=\"65%\">\n<h4><strong>Gender<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"35%\"><em>Readings: <\/em><\/td>\n<td width=\"65%\">\n<ul>\n<li>Rush, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.swarthmore.edu\/SocSci\/rbannis1\/AIH19th\/female.html\">Thoughts Upon Female Education, 1787<\/a>\u201c<\/li>\n<li>Beecher, \u201cAn Essay on the Education of Female Teachers, 1835\u201d (on course website\u2014<a title=\"Readings\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adrealawrence.org\/edpolicy\/spring2012\/readings\/\">Readings<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Tolley, K. (1996). \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jstor.org.proxyau.wrlc.org\/stable\/369502?&amp;Search=yes&amp;searchText=tolley&amp;searchText=kim&amp;list=hide&amp;searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dkim%2Btolley%26acc%3Don%26wc%3Don&amp;prevSearch=&amp;item=4&amp;ttl=558&amp;returnArticleService=showFullText\" target=\"_blank\">Science for Ladies, Classics for Gentlemen: A Comparative Analysis of Scientific Subjects in the Curricula of Boys\u2019 and Girls\u2019 Secondary School in the United States, 1794-1850<\/a>,\u201d History of Education Quarterly 36(2): 129-153.<\/li>\n<li>Welts Kaufman, P. (1984). Excerpts from Women Teachers on the Frontier.(on course website\u2014<a title=\"Readings\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adrealawrence.org\/edpolicy\/spring2012\/readings\/\">Readings<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edweek.org\/ew\/events\/chats\/2012\/02\/27\/index.html#email\" target=\"_blank\">EdWeek live chat<\/a> on early high school graduation (suggested by Ryan)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nces.ed.gov\/programs\/coe\/indicator_tat.asp\" target=\"_blank\">NCES brief<\/a> on teacher retention (suggested by Emma)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"35%\"><em>Research and writing assignment(s):<\/em><\/td>\n<td width=\"65%\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Geospatial analysis<\/strong> due by class time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#c7c7c7\" width=\"35%\">\n<h4><strong>13 March 2012<br\/>\n<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#c7c7c7\" width=\"65%\">\n<h4><strong>Spring Break\u2014No Class Meeting<br\/>\n<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"35%\"\/>\n<td width=\"65%\"\/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#c7c7c7\" width=\"35%\">\n<h4><strong>20 March 2012<br\/>\n<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#c7c7c7\" width=\"65%\">\n<h4><strong>Race and Class<br\/>\n<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"35%\"><em>Readings: <\/em><\/td>\n<td width=\"65%\">\n<ul>\n<li>Condron, D.J. (2011). \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/edr.sagepub.com.proxyau.wrlc.org\/content\/40\/2\/47.full\">Egalitarianism and Educational Excellence<\/a>,\u201d Educational Researcher 40(2): 47-55.<\/li>\n<li>Godwin, R. K., Leland, S. M., Baxter, A. D. and Southworth, S. (2006). \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/j.1541-1338.2006.00246.x\/abstract\">Sinking Swann: Public School Choice and the Resegregation of Charlotte\u2019s Public Schools<\/a>,\u201d Review of Policy Research 23(5): 983-997.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ies.ed.gov\/ncee\/edlabs\/regions\/central\/pdf\/REL_2012137.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">IES report <\/a>on American Indian Schooling (suggested by Mary)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kappanmagazine.org\/content\/93\/6\/8.full.pdf+html\" target=\"_blank\">PDK article<\/a> on value-added teacher evaluation data (suggested by Sarah)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#c7c7c7\" width=\"35%\">\n<h4><strong>27 March 2012<br\/>\n<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#c7c7c7\" width=\"65%\">\n<h4><strong>Special Education<br\/>\n<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"35%\"><em>Readings: <\/em><\/td>\n<td width=\"65%\">\n<ul>\n<li>Education for All Handicapped Children (1975) (on course website\u2014<a title=\"Readings\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adrealawrence.org\/edpolicy\/spring2012\/readings\/\">Readings<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (1990) (on course website\u2014<a title=\"Readings\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adrealawrence.org\/edpolicy\/spring2012\/readings\/\">Readings<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (2004) (on course website\u2014<a title=\"Readings\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adrealawrence.org\/edpolicy\/spring2012\/readings\/\">Readings<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/united-states\/us-education-reform-national-security\/p27618\" target=\"_blank\"><em>US Education Reform and National Security<\/em> paper<\/a> (suggested by Mitchell)<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teachscape.com%2Fbinaries%2Fcontent%2Fassets%2Fteachscape-marketing-website%2Fresources%2Fmarch_13whitepaperteacherevaluatortraining.pdf&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNH_whSeRQL1W2BJ5LLm1sCSviFIsw\">Teacher Evaluator and Training<\/a>\u201d white paper (suggested by Tiernan)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#c7c7c7\" width=\"35%\">\n<h4>3 April 2012<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#c7c7c7\" width=\"65%\">\n<h4><strong>Control<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"35%\"><em>Readings: <\/em><\/td>\n<td width=\"65%\">\n<ul>\n<li>House, E.R. (1996). \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jstor.org.proxyau.wrlc.org\/openurl?volume=25&amp;date=1996&amp;spage=6&amp;issn=0013189X&amp;issue=7&amp;\">A Framework for Appraising Educational Reforms<\/a>,\u201d Educational Researcher 25(7): 6-14.<\/li>\n<li>Wong, K. (2006). \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/search.proquest.com.proxyau.wrlc.org\/docview\/212259623\/12ED9FF4AC9203B9552\/3?accountid=8285\">The political dynamics of mayoral engagement in public education<\/a>,\u201d Harvard Educational Review 76(2): 164-177, 286.<\/li>\n<li>Government Accountability Office. (2003). \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gao.gov\/new.items\/d03899.pdf\">Charter Schools: New Charter Schools Across the Country and in the District of Columbia Face Similar Start-Up Challenges<\/a>.\u201d\u00a0 GAO-03-899.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scholastic.com\/primarysources\/download.asp\" target=\"_blank\">Gates\/Scholastic Perceptions of Teaching Report<\/a> (suggested by Meredith)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"35%\"><em>Research and writing assignment(s):<\/em><\/td>\n<td width=\"65%\"><strong>3-P analysis<\/strong> due by class time<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#A0CFEC\" width=\"35%\"\/>\n<td bgcolor=\"#A0CFEC\" width=\"65%\">\n<h3><strong>Reform<\/strong><strong><br\/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#c7c7c7\" width=\"35%\">\n<h4><strong>10 April 2012<br\/>\n<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#c7c7c7\" width=\"65%\"><strong>The Obama Administration<\/strong><strong><br\/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"35%\"><em>Readings: <\/em><\/td>\n<td width=\"65%\">\n<ul>\n<li>A Blueprint for School Reform (on course website\u2014<a title=\"Readings\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adrealawrence.org\/edpolicy\/spring2012\/readings\/\">Readings<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2012%2F03%2F11%2Fopinion%2Fsunday%2Ffriedman-pass-the-books-hold-the-oil.html%3F_r%3D1%26ref%3Dthomaslfriedman\" target=\"_blank\">Friedman article<\/a> on international assessments (suggested by Kelsey)<\/li>\n<li>Farhi, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ajr.org\/index.asp?artType=2\" target=\"_blank\">Flunking the Test<\/a>\u201d (suggested by Taylor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"35%\"><em>Research and writing assignment(s):<\/em><\/td>\n<td width=\"65%\"><strong><a title=\"3-P Policy Analysis\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adrealawrence.org\/courses\/edpolicy\/fall2011\/?page_id=53\" target=\"_blank\">3-P policy analysis<\/a><\/strong> due via Google Docs by class time<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#c7c7c7\" width=\"35%\">\n<h4>17 April 2012<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#c7c7c7\" width=\"65%\"><strong>Postman\u2019s Vision<\/strong><strong><br\/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"35%\"><em>Readings: <\/em><\/td>\n<td width=\"65%\">\n<ul>\n<li>Postman, Part II<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nces.ed.gov\/pubs2012\/2012014.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">NCES report<\/a> on arts education (suggested by Hannah)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/opinion\/opinionla\/la-ed-trigger-parent-20120408,0,2289291.story\" target=\"_blank\">LA Times article<\/a> on parent trigger laws (suggested by Emma)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#c7c7c7\" width=\"35%\">\n<h4>24 April 2012<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#c7c7c7\" width=\"65%\">\n<h4>Flex Day<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"35%\"><em>Research and writing assignment(s):<\/em><\/td>\n<td width=\"65%\">\u00a0<strong>Policy recommendations <\/strong>due by class time<strong\/><p\/>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.educationsector.org%2Fpublications%2Fher-majestys-school-inspection-service\" target=\"_blank\">Dell Foundation paper<\/a> on on-site, inspection-based accountability systems (suggested by Rachel)<strong\/><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fanswer-sheet%2Fpost%2Fwhat-the-us-cant-learn-from-finland-about-ed-reform%2F2012%2F04%2F16%2FgIQAGIvVMT_blog.html%3Ftid%3Dwp_ipad\" target=\"_blank\">WaPo article<\/a> on what US cannot learn from Finland (suggested by Daniel)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#c7c7c7\" width=\"35%\">\n<h4>8 May 2012<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#c7c7c7\" width=\"65%\">\n<h4><strong><strong>Policy Recommendation Presentations<\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"35%\"\/>\n<td width=\"65%\"\/>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Survey of the Terrain 17 January 2012 Introduction to and Overview of the Course &amp; 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