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Assignments

Due on First Day in DC

Constructive Dialogue Institute – due January 2nd at 11:59 pm

Each student will complete the two available online lessons on Perspectives between November 2 and January 2. Each lesson takes approximately 30 minutes to complete. Once you have completed the Perspectives lesson, please submit a screenshot showing that you have completed the lessons to Blackboard.

https://learn.constructivedialogue.org/join/no-session/8539RN

You will get full credit for the assignment if you complete the two lessons, regardless of your score.

Educational Philosophy – due January 2nd at 11:59 pm

You will write your own educational philosophy (2-3 double-spaced paper) based in part on the PowerPoint presentation on education philosophies. Submit on Blackboard.

Link to presentation with information about educational philosophies: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1n1lhBMaWjeEYxYzkogkWL034JZi1jtOb/view?usp=sharing

Rubric for Educational Philosophy AssignmentDownload

Required Reading – Ravitch, Diane (2016). The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education.

You should complete this reading before our first day in DC.

Due in DC

Culminating Project – due in-class January 11th

Read more about the assignment here.

Here are the video and article mentioned in the assignment description.

Partner Discussion and Reflective Paper – due January 15th

If this assignment is not submitted on time, you will receive a zero for this assignment.

Reflective Paper RubricDownload

Each student will be partnered with 3-4 other students and meet once outside of class for at least 60 minutes. During the discussion session, you will respond to writing prompts provided by the Professor, and then each person will submit a 3-5 page double spaced response. The paper will address two of the following questions. For each question, provide three lessons learned.

  • How does poverty impact educational opportunity and attainment?
  • How are schools impacted by the American racialized social system?
  • Achievement gap/opportunity gap: Is there anything to these terms or are we masking the poverty gap with these terms?

  • Who teaches in urban schools and why?
  • How is teacher education changing in the 21st century?
  • Who is in charge of schools?

  • What is the impact of school choice on urban communities?
  • How do charter schools challenge and complicate the urban school landscape?
  • What are the implications of urban school policy and change? What will the future of urban education hold?

Group Assignment for Reflective Paper

Group 1:
Marisol
Keenan
Aidan

Group 2:
Mateo
Emma
Elaine

Group 3:
Tiffani
Tobias
Natalie
Nancy