November 30

K-12 Education: Equalizer or Sorter?

Readings:

Is there are a better way to pay for America’s Schools?

Suarez-Orozco, C., Suarez-Orozco, M. & Todorova, R. (2008).  Chapter 3: Less-than optimal schools.  Learning in a new land: Immigrant students in American society.  Cambridge: Harvard University Press.

Jones, S.  (2007).  Working-poor mothers and middle-class others: Psychosocial considerations in home-school relations and research.  Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 38, 159-177.

Jones, S. (2008). Grass houses: Representations and reinventions of social class through children’s literature. Journal of Language and Literacy Education, 4(2), 40-58.

Due:

Discussion Work Due:  Post to Film discussion (Second posting  due November 28, Response Post due November 30)

Bring images, music, script to class for in-class editing workshop.  Bring Flashdrive if you plan to work on campus computers.