WRIT 034: EDUCATION
Spring 2022 Courses
WRIT 034 301
TR 10:15 AM - 11:45 AM
McWilliams
Saving Schools
Fulfills the Writing Requirement
Public schools across the United States have been forced in the last 20 years to compete for students and resources with a growing number of publicly funded private schools called charters. As a result of declining funding and loss of population, mass school closures have devastated districts, generating more pressure on traditional schools to perform in order to avoid shuttering. This seminar explores the politics of "school choice", particularly how educational policies encouraging competition with the private sector have shaped the health of traditional public schools, using Philadelphia as a revelatory case study. The course text, Compete or Close: Traditional Public Schools Under Pressure offers a theoretical understanding of the ways in which market forces may conflict with the preservation of education as a public good.
WRIT 034 302
TR 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
McWilliams
Saving Schools
Fulfills the Writing Requirement
Public schools across the United States have been forced in the last 20 years to compete for students and resources with a growing number of publicly funded private schools called charters. As a result of declining funding and loss of population, mass school closures have devastated districts, generating more pressure on traditional schools to perform in order to avoid shuttering. This seminar explores the politics of "school choice", particularly how educational policies encouraging competition with the private sector have shaped the health of traditional public schools, using Philadelphia as a revelatory case study. The course text, Compete or Close: Traditional Public Schools Under Pressure offers a theoretical understanding of the ways in which market forces may conflict with the preservation of education as a public good.