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ED649:FoundationalPerspectivesofEducationalReform
WinterTerm2015Tuesday4pmto7pm
Room2310SEB

Prof:PercyBates
Office:4043SEB
email:pbates@umich.edu
OfficeHours:ByAppointment
Phone:7346471666
CourseDescription:
Thiscoursecriticallyexaminesselectedreformsfromtheperspectiveofoneormoreofthefoundationdisciplines.Theaimisto
developinthecareereducatorabroaderanddeeperunderstandingofthetensionbetweenideasandpracticeindynamic
socialenvironments.ThisgraduatecourseisrequiredforallnewEducationalStudiesstudents.
Educationalreformisthetermmostoftenusedinreferencetoattemptstoimprovethecurrentsystemofeducation.There
seemstobenoendtoattemptstochangewhatexistsintosomethingnewanddifferent.Thisprocesshasbeengoingonsince
thebeginningofformaleducationandwillnodoubtcontinue.
InthiscoursewewillreviewandevaluateeducationaldevelopmentprimarilyintheUnitedStatesandsomeoftheattemptsto
bringaboutchangesandimprovementsinthesystems.Wewillengageincriticalanalysisofsomeofthesereformsandtryto
determinewhysomeworkedandothersdidnot.Inadditionwewillalsopresentourownreformagenda.
WeeklyReadingsandPresentations:25%
Tworeadingswillbeassignedeachweekforthetotalclass.Inaddition,twostudentswillbeselectedtoreadanalyzeand
critiquethereadingsfortheweekandmakeapresentationtotheclass.Thepresentationshouldnottakemorethan15
minutescoveringkeypointsfromthereadingsandquestionstobeputforthfortotalclassdiscussion.Theinstructorwillserve
asfacilitatorforthediscussion.
CourseAssignments:
CRITICALREACTIONPAPERS(25%):Youwillwritethreeshortpapersonsomeaspectofeducationalreformfromthe
readingsandclassdiscussion.Thepapersshouldbeapproximately3pagesinlength(doublespaced).Thesepapersshould
focusonthereadingsandspecificallysomeaspectsthatyoueitheragreeordisagreewith.Thepaperswillmorefullydescribe
yourpositionsinreferencetothoseoftheauthors.
Duedatesforcriticalreactionpapers:
Papernumber1isdueonTuesdayFebruary3rd
Papernumber2isdueonTuesdayMarch3rd
Papernumber3isdueonTuesdayApril7th
FINALPAPERANDPARTICIPATION(50%.):ThispaperisdueonorbeforeApril21st.Finalprojectwillbeapaperonany
topicrelatedtoeducationreformandapprovedbytheinstructor.Thepapershouldbeaminimumof12pagesdoublespaced.
AonepageproposalforyourpaperisdueonTuesdayFebruary24th.
Classparticipationandattendance:Regularclassattendanceisexpected.Agreatdealofourlearningwilltakeplace
throughinteractioninclassbyengaginginclassdiscussion,whichwillcontributetoourownandeachothersunderstanding.
Thequalityoflearninginthisclassissomethingthatwewillallbeabletocontributetoasparticipants.
GRADINGSCALE:
Thefinalcoursegradewillbedeterminedasfollows:
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98100pts=A+
9497pts=A
9093.9pts=A
8789.9pts=B+
8487.9pts=B
8083.9pts=B
7779.9pts=C+
7476.9pts=C
7073.9pts=C
6769pts=D+
6466pts=D
6063pts=D
Personalcomment:Ifyouarehavingdifficultyofanysortinthecourse,Iencourageyoutopleaseletmeknow.Ifyouhave
specialneedsforwhichaccommodationsareneeded,pleaseletmeknowassoonaspossible.
Readings:
Books:
READENTIREBOOKCohen,DavidK.,SusanLMoffett.Theordealofequality:didfederalregulationsfixtheschools?
Cambridge,Mass.HarvardUniversitypress,2009.
READENTIREBOOKDarlingHammond,Linda.Theflatworldandeducation:howAmericascommitmenttoequitywill
determineourfuture.NewYork:teachersCollegepress,2010.
ARTICLESandOtherReadingsPostedonCTools:
Ball,DeborahLoewenberg.ReflectionsandDeflectionsofPolicy":TheCaseofCarolTurner.EducationalEvaluationand
PolicyAnalysis12,no.3(1990):24759.AmericanEducationalResearchAssociation
Bruner,Jerome,"Preferences","ImportanceofStructure","ReadinessforLearning",FromtheProcessofEducation,
Cambridge:HarvardUniversityPress,1960/1977,pg:154.
Cohen,DavidK.Origins.InTheShoppingMallHighSchool",WinnersandLosersintheEducationalMarketplace.InThe
ShoppingMallHighSchool:WinnersandLosersintheEducationalMarketplace,ArthurG.Powell,EleanorFarrar,
andDavidK.Cohen,233308.Boston:HoughtonMifflin,1985.
Cohen,DavidK.ARevolutioninOneClassroom",TheCaseofMrs.Oublier.EducationalEvaluationandPolicyAnalysis,Vol.
12,No.3(Autumn,1990):31129.AmericanEducationalResearchAssociation.
Committeeof10.ReporttotheNationalCouncilofEducation,1893.
Counts,GeorgeS.DaretheSchoolsBuildaNewSocialOrder.NewYork:JohnDayCompany,1932.
Dewey,John.TheChildandtheCurriculum.InJohnDeweyonEducationSelectedWritings.,editedbyReginaldD.
Archambault.TheModernLibraryoftheWorldsBestBooks,vol.348,33958.NewYork:ModernLibrary,1902/1964.
Dewey,John.SchoolandSociety.InJohnDeweyonEducationSelectedWritings.,editedbyReginaldD.Archambault.The
ModernLibraryoftheWorldsBestBooks,vol.348,295310.NewYork:ModernLibrary,1902/1964.
Edmonds,Ron,"EffectiveSchoolsfortheUrbanPoor",EducationalLeadership,Oct.,1979
Hart,Cassandraandfiglio,David,"DoesCompetitionImprovePublicSchoolEducation",EducationNext,Winter2011,Vol11,
no1.
Horn,Sharon,"CreatingSuccessfulMagnetPrograms",U.SDepartmentofEducation,2004.
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Lezotte,Larry,RevolutionaryandEvolutionary,"TheEffectiveSchoolMovement",EffectiveSchoolProduct,2001.
Mann,Horace.TwelfthAnnualReporttotheStateBoardofEducationofMassachusetts,1848.NationalCommissionon
ExcellenceinEducation.
NationalCharterSchoolStudy,CenterforResearchforEducationOutcomes,2013.
ANationatRisk:TheImperativeforEducationalReform,AReporttotheNationandtheSecretaryofEducationUnitedStates
DepartmentofEducation.April.EditedbyTheNationalCommissiononExcellenceinEducation.Washington,DC:
U.S.DepartmentofEducation,1983.
PublicLaw107110.NoChildLeftBehindAct.PublicLaw107110,2002.,
Russakoff,Dale,"Schooled",TheNewYorker,May19,2014.
Stern,Sol,"SchoolChoiceIsn'tEnough",CityJournal,Winter2008.
Siegel,GenevieveHawleyandFrankenberg,Ericka,'RevivingMagnetSchools,StrengtheningASuccessfulChoice",Feb2012,
Wolf,ShelbyA.,HildaBorko,RebekahL.Elliott,andMonetteC.McIver.ThatDogWontHunt!:ExemplarySchoolChange
EffortsWithintheKentuckyReform.AmericanEducationalResearchJournal37,no.2(2000):34993.

Belowarethetopicswewillcoverwithreadingsforeachweek:
January13:INTRODUCTION

January20:HISTORYofEducationalReform:InTheBeginning
**Mann,Horace.TwelfthAnnualReporttotheStateBoardofEducationofMassachusetts,1848
Committeeof10.ReporttotheNationalCouncilofEducation,1893.

January27:HistoryofEducationReform:RhetoricandReality
Dewy,John.SchoolandSociety.InJohnDeweyonEducationSelectedWritings.,editedbyReginaldD.Archambault.The
ModernLibraryoftheWorldsBestBooks,vol.348,295310.NewYork:ModernLibrary,1902/1964.
Counts,GeorgeS.DaretheSchoolsBuildaNewSocialOrder.NewYork:JohnDayCompany,1932.

February5:HistoryofEducationalReform:PromiseandProgress
Cohen,DavidK.Origins.InTheShoppingMallHighSchool:WinnersandLosersintheEducationalMarketplace.InThe
ShoppingMallHighSchool:WinnersandLosersintheEducationalMarketplace,ArthurG.Powell,EleanorFarrar,andDavid
K.Cohen,233308.Boston:HoughtonMifflin,1985.
Counts,GeorgeS.DaretheSchoolsBuildaNewSocialOrder.NewYork:JohnDayCompany,1932.

February10:HistoryofEducationalReform:Desegregation,TitleI
Brownvs.theBoardofEducation,1953
Chapters1and7:
Cohen,DavidK.,andSusanL.Moffitt.TheOrdealofEquality:DidFederalRegulationFixtheSchools?Cambridge,Mass.:
HarvardUniversityPress,2009.

February17:HistoryofEducationalReform:StandardsandTesting
Bruner,JeromeS.(JeromeSeymour).TheProcessofEducation.Cambridge:HarvardUniversityPress,1960.
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NationalCommissiononExcellenceinEducation.ANationatRisk:TheImperativeforEducationalReform,AReporttothe
NationandtheSecretaryofEducationUnitedStatesDepartmentofEducation.Washington,DC:U.S.Departmentof
Education,1983.
PublicLaw107110.NoChildLeftBehindAct.PublicLaw107110,2002
WewillreviewChapter3and4:
DarlingHammond,Linda.TheFlatWorldandEducation:HowAmericasCommitmenttoEquityWillDetermineOurFuture.

February24:ReformsImpactonInstruction
Ball,DeborahLoewenberg.ReflectionsandDeflectionsofPolicy:TheCaseofCarolTurner.EducationalEvaluationand
PolicyAnalysis12,no.3(1990):24759.AmericanEducationalResearchAssociation.
Cohen,DavidK.ARevolutioninOneClassroom:TheCaseofMrs.Oublier.EducationalEvaluationandPolicyAnalysis
12,no.3(1990):31129.AmericanEducationalResearchAssociation

March10:HistoryofEducationalReform:GueatSpeaker,HowdoWeUseTestingtoImproveEducationandTeaching

March17:HistoryofEducationReform:SchoolsofChoice
Stern,Sol,"SchoolChoiceInn'tEnough,CityJournal,Winter2008.
Hart,CassandraandFiglio,David,"DoesCompetitionImprovePublicSchools,EducationNext,Winter2011,vol11,no1.

March24:HistoryofEducationalReform:CharterSchools
Russakoff,Dale,"Schooled",TheNewYorker,May19.2014.
NationalCharterSchoolStudy,CenterforResearchonEducationalOutcomes,2013.

March31:HistoryofEducationalReform:EffectiveSchools
Edmonds,Ron,"EffectiveSchoolsforThePoor",EducationalLeadership,1979.
Lezotte,Larry,RevolutionaryandEvolutionary,"TheEffectiveSchoolMovement"EffectiveSchoolProducts,2001.

April7:EducationalReform:MagnetSchools
Siegel,GenevieveHawleyandFrankenberg,Erica,"RevivingMagnetSchools,StrengthingASuccessfulChoiceOptions"
TheCivilRightsProject,February,2012.
Horn,Sharon,"CreatingSuccessfulMagnetSchools",U.S.DepartmentofEducationwithWestEd,2004

April14:HistoryofEducationalReform:TheChallengesandSuccessesofEducationalChange
DarlingHammond,Linda.TheFlatWorldandEducation:HowAmerica'sCommitmenttoEquityWillDetermineOurFuture.
ReadChapter5and6
Wolf,ShelbyA.,HildaBorko,RebekahL.Elliott,andMonetteC.McIver."ThatDogWon'tHunt!:ExemplarySchoolChange
EffortsWithintheKentuckyReform".AmericanEducationalResearchJournal37,no2(2000):34993

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April21:HistoryofEducationalReform:SoWhatShallWeDo
Cohen,DavidK.,andsusanL.Moffitt.TheOrdealofEquality:DidFederalRegulationFixtheSchools?Cambridge,Mass.:
HarvardUniversityPress,2009,Epilogue,pg193231.
DarlingHammond,Linda.TheFlatWorldandEducatin:HowAmerica'sCommitmenttoEquityWillDetermineOurFuture.
NewYork:TeachersCollegePress.Chapter8,pg234277.

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