EDN 607 - Diversity and Equity in Education

All educators require deep knowledge of the history of inequities in U.S. public schools. This course is devoted to the critical examination of educational practice and policy within and across racial, socioeconomic, and linguistic groups since the seminal court case of Brown vs Board of Education in 1954. Employing a sociological lens, we will analyze and discuss how education systems, policies, and practices can sustain or eradicate inequities related to educational access and opportunity. In discovering the difference between ‘equal education’ and ‘equitable education’, we will identify the structural challenges facing educators who are invested in social justice and devise possible solutions to the inequities of family and school resources, curricular tracking, and teacher quality among other variables.

Credits: 3