Overview
This course considers selected ideas underlying current practice in American education. Emphasis will be placed on the historical foundations that have shaped modern American education as well as the recent global context. The format of the course is weekly discussions – many of them student-led – surrounding important themes and issues. Students should be prepared to read about, write about, and discuss issues facing educators today.
Basic Information
M, W 11:10-12:25 Room VC 8150
Instructor: Kim Rybacki
Office # VC 7-290N
Office hours: by appointment
E-mail: kim.rybacki@baruch.cuny.edu
Required Texts
Spring, Joel. The American School: A Global Context: From Puritians to the Obama Admin. 1642-2007. Eighth Edition (New York: McGraw–Hill, 2011). ISBN 9780078097843
Tatum, Beverly Daniel (2003). Why are all the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? ISBN 9780465083619
Meier, Deborah et al (2004) Many Children Left Behind (How the No Child Left Behind Act Is Damaging Our Children and Our Schools) ISBN 9780807004593
Kozol, Jonathan (1992). Savage Inequalities: Children in America’s Schools. ISBN: 9780517582213
