History

Required Reading/Preparation: 

Ornstein, Levine & Gutek,  Foundations of Education, Ch. 7-9

Wells & Clayton,  Foundations of American Education: A Critical Lens , Ch. 4 (Parts 2,3) and Ch. 5 (Parts 2,3) (book attached)

Optional Resources: 

Grumke. (2018).  Walkout : the school funding rebellion . Bowery Media. [video; 35 min.] 

Kim. (2020).  Under the Law: Gary B., Espinoza, and the fight for school funding .  Phi Delta Kappan, 102(1), 48–50. 

Cruz, Lee, J.-H., Aylward, A. G., & Kramarczuk Voulgarides, C. (2022).  The Effect of School Funding on Opportunity Gaps for Students With Disabilities: Policy and Context in a Diverse Urban District .  Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 33(1), 3–14. 

The Takeaway. (2021).  The Fight Over Returning to School . New York Public Radio. [audio file; 47:33]

Bad Education . (2020). HBO. [video; 1:48:37]

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Assignment 1

APA formatted, scholarly 5 page paper which interprets and discusses the governing of schools, the legal and judicial issues, both at the national and state level that have evolved schools, and the financing of schools. Be sure to use headings to separate each of the three topics (political, economic, legal).

Assignment 2 – 1 page APA format

Consider the means for funding for American schools. State your opinion on the use of the federal, state and local government’s use of political structures to govern schools. Then, on the Data Dashboard from EdBuild, choose your state and see which school districts have the highest and lowest distributions based on per pupil revenue and the rate of poverty for the district’s students. Do your findings surprise you? Why or why not?