To consider. . .

After our discussion of "Eleven," I sense some strong interest among the class about poverty and education. . .See this Op-Ed from George Will and the primary study he discusses from Barton and Coley. . .

You may also find Parsing the Achievement Gap II (Braton & Coley, 2009) valuable. . .

And see page 4 in the most current SAT data

EdWeek blog referencing my work on "miracle" schools

See this from Walt Gardner:

Role of Research in School Reform

The failure of "objectivity"

Consider this piece by Alfie Kohn in terms of what we assume about and expect from teachers:

Professors who profess

EdWeek Op-Ed on National Standards

See the link on the Furman web site for my commentary on national standards.

Fall 2011 MWF Schedule

Spring 2017 EDU 111-01

MWF 9:30AM - 10:20AM

HIP 106

Day	Class Focus/Assignments Due
	google Drive course files: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B5rkPGGYEGphVE5xdjV2MG5sOEU&usp=sharing
Jan 9-13	Week 1
M	Introduction to course; assignments (http://edu111furman.blogspot.com/2010/08/fall-2010-edu-111-assigments.html) "Theme for English B," Langston Hughes “Eleven,” Sandra Cisneros (google Drive)
W	Katherine Christie, Berea Middle, tutoring Read/discuss Course Rationale: http://edu111furman.blogspot.com/2008/02/welcome-to-occupation-teaching.html Foucault, “The Means of Correct Training” (google Drive)  Poverty and Testing in Education: “The Present Scientifico-legal Complex”
F	Groups formed, topics chosen
Jan 16-20	Week 2
M	MLK Day
W	“Banking concept”; Freire, Ch .2 Pedagogy of the Oppressed (google Drive) Topic 1: The Teaching Profession http://edu111furman.blogspot.com/2012/07/topic-1-teaching-profession.html
F	Topic 1, Freire continued
Jan 23-27	Week 3
M	Gorski book club discussions
W	Topic 2: Educational Philosophies http://edu111furman.blogspot.com/2012/07/topic-2-educational-philosophies.html “A generalized crisis in relation to all the environments of enclosure”: Deleuze
F	Educational Philosophies and Learning Theories (google Drive)
Jan 30 – Feb 3	Week 4
M	Poverty and the ideological imperative: a call to unhook from deficit and grit ideology and to strive for structural ideology in teacher education, Paul Gorski Topic 2 continued
W	Topic 3: Historical Foundations of Education http://edu111furman.blogspot.com/2012/07/topic-3-historical-foundations-of.html
F	Thomas Jefferson on Education (http://edu111furman.blogspot.com/2012/01/idealistic-and-elitist-roots-of-public.html) and “The American Scholar,” Ralph Waldo Emerson (http://www.emersoncentral.com/amscholar.htm)
Feb 6-10	Week 5
M	Corridor of Shame (http://www.corridorofshame.com/)
W	Topic 4: Diversity, Multiculturalism, Poverty/Privilege, Class, and Race http://edu111furman.blogspot.com/2012/07/topic-4-diversity-multiculturalism.html
F	James Baldwin on education (1974) “What These Children Are Like,” Ralph Ellison (http://www.teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=575)
Feb 13-17	Week 6
M	Gorski book club discussions Poverty and education, discussion continued
W	Little Rock Central: 50 Years Later
F	Little Rock Central: 50 Years Later continued
Feb 20-24	Week 7
M	Gorski book club discussions FACTS TRUTH ETHICS — In Focus LRC discussion Workshop: Group Presentations OWL APA
W	Group Presentations
F	Group Presentations
Feb 27 – Mar 3	Week 8
M	Group Presentations
W	Midterm Class discussion: Gorski's Reaching and Teaching Students in Poverty: Strategies for Erasing the Opportunity Gap But That's Just Good Teaching! The Case for Culturally Relevant Pedagogy, Gloria Ladson-Billings Email to professor BEFORE class 3-5 key points from Gorski with evidence (quotes and/or page numbers). Have key points in class to discuss in small groups before opening discussion to the whole class.
F	TBD Kohn: Feel-Bad Education “Well, Duh!” -- Ten Obvious Truths That We Shouldn’t Be Ignoring, Alfie Kohn
Mar 4-12	Spring Break
Mar 13-17	Week 9
M	Topic 5: Legal, Political, and Financial http://edu111furman.blogspot.com/2012/07/topic-5-legal-political-and-financial.html
W	Topic 5 continued
F	Topic 5 continued Jenny Colvin, LIBR
Mar 20-24	Week 10
M	Emdin book club discussion Topic 5 continued
W	Black Folk Hate White Tears and Blatant Racism More Than Charter Schools, Andre Perry
F	Ruby Payne, deficit perspective http://rubypayneiswrong.blogspot.com/ Return of the Deficit, Curt Dudley-Marling "What These Children Are Like": Rejecting Deficit Views of Poverty and Language
Mar 27-31	Week 11
M	Emdin book club discussion Deficit perspective continued The Truth about Effort/Education?
W	Topic 6: Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment http://edu111furman.blogspot.com/2012/07/topic-6-curriculum-instruction-and.html Seven ‘great’ teaching methods not backed up by evidence
F	Topic 6 continued Evolution as Design
Apr 3-7	Week 12
M	Emdin book club discussion
W	Topic 7: Current Issues and the Future of Education http://edu111furman.blogspot.com/2012/07/topic-7-current-issues-and-future-of.html
F	Topic 7 continued ESSAY DRAFT DUE/ WORKSHOP Sample APA essay with notes
Apr 10-14	Week 13
M	Hard Times at Douglass High (http://www.hbo.com/documentaries/hard-times-at-douglass-high-no-child-left-behind#) Current Education Reform Perpetuating, Not Curbing, Inequity
W	Hard Times cont.
F	Good Friday Holiday
Apr 17-21	Week 14
M	Easter Holiday
W	Emdin discuss and response due Cited essay workshop
F	Tutoring share

Apr 24-28	Week 15
M	Virtual Schools Report
	Exam
M	May 1, 2017 Monday 8:30AM - 11:00AM, HIP 106

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