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PUB PLC 112 Controversies In Education Policy

Course Description

(Formerly numbered C112.) Lecture, three hours; outside study, nine hours. Focus on several controversial topics in contemporary education. Topics vary each year and include multiculturalism, affirmative action, test score gap, bilingual education, and school choice. Introduction to major arguments for and against several important education policies and to encourage students to critically evaluate logic and evidence behind these policies. Letter grading.

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PUB PLC 203 Statistical Methods Of Policy Analysis I

Course Description

Lecture, three hours; outside study, nine hours. First course in two-term sequence (see course 208). Review of statistical principles useful to policy research and analysis. Topics include descriptive statistics, expectations, univariate distribution, probability, covariance and correlations, statistical independence, random sampling, estimators, unbiasedness and efficiency, statistical inference, confidence intervals, and hypothesis testing. Letter grading.

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PUB PLC 225 Education Policy And Education Inequality

Course Description

Seminar, three hours; outside study, nine hours. Limited to graduate students. Examination of policies that may reduce socioeconomic and ethnic disparities in educational success. Topics include international and national comparisons of educational outcomes, private and public school choice, school accountability policies, interventions to improve school or teacher quality, parenting and preschool interventions, and supplemental educational services. Letter grading.

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PUB PLC 298B Applied Policy Project II

Course Description

Seminar, Three Hours; Outside Study, 15 Hours. Preparation: Completion Of M.P.P. Core Curriculum, Two Policy Cluster Courses, And Internship (unless Waived). Requisite: Course 298a. Second Course In Three-term Sequence In Which Students Prepare Major Public Policy Projects And Papers That Are Case Studies Of Policy Evaluation And Implementation And Are Equivalent To Professional Master's Theses. Papers Build On Prior Core Courses, Internship Experience, And Policy Cluster Courses. Letter Grading.

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PUB PLC 298C Applied Policy Project III

Course Description

Seminar, Two Hours. Preparation: Completion Of M.P.P. Core Curriculum, Two Policy Cluster Courses, And Internship (unless Waived). Requisite: Course 298b. Third Course In Three-term Sequence In Which Students Complete Research And Report Writing For Their Year-long Projects, Conduct Oral Presentations Of Their Applied Policy Projects, And Give Written Feedback On Other Student Presentations. Letter Grading.

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