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SOAN0351A-S16

Education and Social Policy

Education and Social Policy
School choice programs like charter and magnet schools are dramatically altering the educational landscape in the United States. In this course we will examine the premise that we can overcome the challenges of children living in poor neighborhoods by severing the traditional link between neighborhoods and schools and by providing access to extralocal high-quality schools. But who gets to exercise such choice? Does school choice result in better educational outcomes? We will also explore the relationship between school and neighborhood inequality. How do these two contexts work together to reproduce, intensify, or ameliorate spatial and educational inequities? 3 hrs. lect./disc. (Sociology)/
Course Reference Number (CRN):
22437
Subject Code:
SOAN
Course Number:
0351
Section Identifier:
A

Course

SOAN 0351

All Sections in Spring 2016

Spring 2016

SOAN0351A-S16 Lecture (Tran)