EDUC 280 - Poverty and Education

Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring, 2010

Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. This course examines the complex interaction between poverty and education through a variety of activities, including field work in urban and rural settings, review of contemporary film on education in high poverty communities, and relevant policy research and journal readings. In addition, the course examines the challenges of education in high poverty settings or for individuals experiencing poverty as well as schools and communities attempting to overcome the obstacles that poverty creates. Students visit public and private charter schools and innovative educational programs in Washington, D.C. and in rural West Virginia and become immersed in urban and rural culture. Students enrolled in the course must be able to be off-campus for one to two weeks of the term. Additional details form the instructor.Dailey.