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Welcome to the EPS 201/202 Web site. This Web site was established in January 1997.  We hope you find this information useful.

Professor Jeanne Connell, Ph D.     

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Teachers make a difference in the lives of their students.      EPS 201/202 seeks to engage students in a critical, integrated, cross-disciplinary analysis of the relationship between school and society. Central questions explored throughout the course are: Who should be educated? What knowledge and values should be taught? Who should control the curriculum and for what purposes? When, where, and how should education be delivered? Why have certain school policies and practices prevailed?

  E-RESERVES LIBRARY LINK  (16 assigned articles in addition to the books)

   FIRST LECTURE HANDOUT     READING TABLE (all assignments for the semester) 

   COURSE INFORMATION SHEET (policies, grading, special needs, James Scholars)

    ***PLEASE NOTE Problem:  My reading table Weblink to NCLB report on Lehrer News Hour is currently down, they say that it will be up shortly.  But I have located a copy on YOUTUBE   Lehrer Newshour Clip available on Youtube. The 'Race': A Look at NCLB - Part 1 of 2   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSMI-iZNOU4

   New Slides: 

       (2-9) Tuesday and Thursday, School Reform 1980s to Today

       (2-9; began on 2-4) will complete on 2-9,  Natural Aristocracy and the SAT

  For previous lecture powerpoints and links to video clips, click button on left column.  

FEDERAL INFLUENCES ON PUBLIC SCHOOL POLICY   What changes will President Obama make?

http://www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2009/08/index.html?src=ln

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxqAurPIxBk  Obama on Challenges to Education (7-15-09)

Super Teachers are great, but rare, the system has to support all teachers to develop their skills and create learning communities.   For a view of a super teacher, see clips of Stand and Deliver  about calculus teacher Jaime Escalante

EXAMINE the educational philosophy of teacher JAIME ESCALANTE of "Stand and Deliver" fame.  Click here to listen to a 3 minute interview with teacher Jaime Escalante: http://www.thefutureschannel.com/dockets/jaime_escalante/jaime_on_being_a_teacher/index.php

        Looking to volunteer in a local school? One option is Vis-A-Vis: AskVisAVis@gmail.com