Activity
SEM
Title (text only)
SCHOOL REFORM AND PUBLIC POLICY
Term session
0
Term
2014A
Subject area
AFRC
Section number only
401
Section ID
AFRC460401
Meeting times
W 0200PM-0500PM
Instructors
HERSHBERG, THEODORE
Description
The course examines the reforms catalyzed by the federal "Race to the Top" competitive grant program and by waivers from No Child Left Behind issued by the federal Department of Education; and explores how these reforms resemble and differ from those mandated by NCLB. Charters, vouchers and competition are discussed along with school governance and funding. Micro as well as macro policy perspectives are provided through the instructor's ongoing work helping Houston's Aldine Independent School District (the 2009 Broad Prize winner with 64,000 low-income and minority students) design and pilot a new teacher evaluation system, a new compensation system, a "peer assistance and and review" process for professional development, remediation and dismissal along with related reforms.
Course number only
460
Cross listings
EDUC712401
URBS460401
Use local description
No