SHARE WITH STUDENTS: Spring 2020 ED 294 “Foundations of Youth, Education, and Punishment” is open!
ED 294: Foundations of Youth, Education, and Punishment
CRN: 42174
T/TH 12:30-1:45
Dr. Traci Schlesinger
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course introduces students to a critical study of the interstice between educational institutions, criminalization, and youth. The course examines school district and state and federal government policies that leave certain youth hyper-vulnerable to criminalization and punishment in and through schools, as well as an examination of movements, including the inclusion of social and emotional learning models and whole school restorative justice, to reclaim schools. The course also includes scaffolding-assignments related to research and writing to help students develop skills developing theses, finding academic journal sources, and creating an outline, and writing social science research papers.