Guideance Pol Week 2
Guideance pol week 2
Week 2 - Instructor Guidance
INSTRUCTOR GUIDANCE – WEEK 2
The following Faculty contributed to the development of this Guidance:
James H. Klein, J.D., Ph.D.
Jamie Smith, M.A., J.D.
Instructor Lisa Marmorato’s additions are at the bottom A. Discussion 1 – Policy-making in the Federal System (e.g., education policy):
DQ1 has four parts. Be sure to respond to each part. Use information from assigned resources in both your main post and your peer responses. While reading, use the table below to help you organize information from your sources in relation to different parts of the DQ. Keep track of where you find information so that you can correctly cite sources in your posts.
Recommendation: Print this table and use it while reading the assignments.
4 Parts of DQ1
Related Learning Resources (abbreviations)
Learning Tips
Briefly summarize the national government 's education policies.
Wong, Fed & NCLB, pp175-179
Klein, Obama stands firm on educ
Focus on “No Child Left Behind” and “Race to the Top” (2-3 sentences).
Explain pros/cons in debate about these policies.
Gabriel, GOP aims at education
Hettleman, Expand “No Child”
Hoff, New vision for US role
Lips, Charting a course
Jeffrey, Huckabee’s educ stance
Will, Getting past NCLB
Emphasize pros and cons that are related to policy effectiveness.
Explain at least 1 pro and 1 con.
Evaluate policy effectiveness to improve quality of elementary and secondary education. Justify your view by defining effectiveness and how to measure it.
Hoff, New vision for US role
Riley, Turning page on equity
Wong, Fed & NCLB, pp180-185
What are educational goals of policy?
How decide if fed educ policy achieves these goals (what method, measures)?
Does fed educ policy achieve goals?
Use own ideas or ideas of others.
Evaluate policy consistency with constitutional framework of federalism. Justify your view by explaining federalism framework and why ed policy is or is not consistent with that framework.
Week 2 - Instructor Guidance
INSTRUCTOR GUIDANCE – WEEK 2
The following Faculty contributed to the development of this Guidance:
James H. Klein, J.D., Ph.D.
Jamie Smith, M.A., J.D.
Instructor Lisa Marmorato’s additions are at the bottom A. Discussion 1 – Policy-making in the Federal System (e.g., education policy):
DQ1 has four parts. Be sure to respond to each part. Use information from assigned resources in both your main post and your peer responses. While reading, use the table below to help you organize information from your sources in relation to different parts of the DQ. Keep track of where you find information so that you can correctly cite sources in your posts.
Recommendation: Print this table and use it while reading the assignments.
4 Parts of DQ1
Related Learning Resources (abbreviations)
Learning Tips
Briefly summarize the national government 's education policies.
Wong, Fed & NCLB, pp175-179
Klein, Obama stands firm on educ
Focus on “No Child Left Behind” and “Race to the Top” (2-3 sentences).
Explain pros/cons in debate about these policies.
Gabriel, GOP aims at education
Hettleman, Expand “No Child”
Hoff, New vision for US role
Lips, Charting a course
Jeffrey, Huckabee’s educ stance
Will, Getting past NCLB
Emphasize pros and cons that are related to policy effectiveness.
Explain at least 1 pro and 1 con.
Evaluate policy effectiveness to improve quality of elementary and secondary education. Justify your view by defining effectiveness and how to measure it.
Hoff, New vision for US role
Riley, Turning page on equity
Wong, Fed & NCLB, pp180-185
What are educational goals of policy?
How decide if fed educ policy achieves these goals (what method, measures)?
Does fed educ policy achieve goals?
Use own ideas or ideas of others.
Evaluate policy consistency with constitutional framework of federalism. Justify your view by explaining federalism framework and why ed policy is or is not consistent with that framework.
References: Washington, G. (n.d.). Retrieved from website: http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_transcript.html SparkNotes Editors. (n.d.). SparkNote on The Articles of Confederation (1781-1789). Retrieved February 7, 2014, from http://www.sparknotes.com/history/american/articles/