EDUCATION POLICY
Overview
The majority of education policy classes are taken at Johns Hopkins School of Education (http://education.jhu.edu/courseschedule/). The School of Education offers a variety of courses at both the Homewood and Columbia campuses. Other education policy classes may be taken through the Institute for Policy Studies and various departments in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences. Students interested in Education Policy should contact Marion Pines.
Suggested Classes
195.613 Education Policy Practicum
In this course students will work collectively to develop a policy brief on a selected education topic. Together, students will examine a variety of questions and issues relate to this topic. Each week students will work in teams to research answers to key questions and present findings to their classmates.
195.685 Adolescents, Crime and Justice
Should adolescents who “break the law” be punished and held accountable or be provided services and treatment; is it possible to simultaneously pursue all of these objectives; how should adolescent drug use be handled; does the age of an offender matter in terms of how the police, prosecution, judiciary, and corrections respond; what justifies the detention or incarceration of adolescents; what should be the purpose of “confinement” and how should “reentry” figure in; should adolescents who commit particular crimes be subject to capital punishment; and what should be done about adolescents who have gang involvement? These are some of the public policy questions that students will examine and debate.
195.640 Policy Implementation
This course is designed to build on the analytic tools students have already honed. It will help them learn how to apply those tools to the effective implementation of policies and programs in the public and not-for-profit sectors and through public private partnerships. There is an “art” to leading and a “science” to managing
systems. A successful leader/manager combines both sets of skills. Students will learn the tools and techniques of implementation, including selecting strategies, weighing alternatives, planning for contingencies and developing assessment tools. Other skills to be learned include preparing budgets, which are the circulatory systems of programs, and developing schedules that ensure that plans are realized.
851.705 Effective Leadership
Students review the principles and techniques required of leaders in education. The course emphasizes diagnosis of the school climate, principles of distributed leadership, motivation of faculty teams, and the dynamics of working in and with groups to accomplish school improvement goals.
851.603 School Law
Participants explore the legal foundations and structure of education and consider contemporary issues based on legislation and court decisions. Students develop techniques of legal research and analyze a topic of interest.
230.312 Education and Society
This course examines how educational institutions affect students' skills, values, and social mobility across generations. Students review research that compares educational institutions according to their formal and interpersonal structures.