| Week of | Class | Topic/Theme | Assigned Readings Due | Assignment Due | Timelines | .ppt | |
| Paper Based | Hyperlinked | ||||||
| 8/29 | 1 | Introductions and syllabus | Timeline 1 | PPT 1 | |||
| 9/5 | 2 | The Purpose of Education and The Role of School in Society | *Tozer Chapter 2 | The Children's Story | BB Discussion 1 | Timeline 2 | PPT 2 |
| 9/12 | 3 | The Moral Question in Education | *Tozer Chapter 3 | What does it mean to be well educated? | Autobiography | Timeline 3 | PPT 3 |
| 9/19 | 4 | The Progressive Era | *Tozer Chapter 4 | My Pedagogic Creed (optional) | BB Discussion 2 | Timeline 4 | PPT 4 |
| 9/26 | 5 | The Progressive Era | Experience & Education (Ch. 1-3) | BB Discussion 3 | Timeline 5 | PPT 5 | |
| 10/3 | 6 | John Dewey Visit *Class meets 10/3 2105 CLS 9-12* | Dewey Outlines Utopian Schools (in class) | Experience & Education (Ch.3-6) | BB Discussion 4 | Timeline 6 | PPT 6 |
| 10/10 | 7 | Marginalized Populations and the Social Order | *Kozol Shame of Nation *Tozer Chapter 5,6,7 | Social Class & The Hidden Curr.of Work | Timeline 7 | PPT 7 | |
| 10/17 | 8 | Marginalized Populations and the Social Order | *Kozol Shame of Nation | A Class Divided (explore) | BB Discussion 5 | ||
| 10/24 | 9 | Education for All? | *Kozol Shame of Nation *Tozer Chapter 8 | Keeping Track | Timeline 8 | PPT 8 | |
| 10/31 | 10 | Liberty and Literacy Today: Contemporary Perspectives | *Kozol Shame of Nation *Tozer Chapter 9 | Dictionary of Cultural Literacy (explore) | Paper #1 on/or before | Timeline 9 | PPT 9 |
| 11/7 | 11 | Teaching as a Public Institution *Class meets 11/8 TBD 5:45-7:45* | *Zeichner Democ/Professionalization (on blackboard) | ||||
| 11/14 | 12 | Age of Accountability | *Tozer Chapter 11 | Spectacular things happen along the way | Timeline 11 | PPT 11 | |
| 11/21 | 13 | Diversity & Equity Today: Defining & Meeting the Challenge *Meet in small groups for webpages* | *Tozer Chapter 13 (Theories of Social Inequality only) | Ghetto within Ghetto (Optional) | BB Discussion 6 | Timeline 13 | PPT 13 |
| 11/28 | 14 | Social and Cultural Context | *Tozer Chapter 15 | Silenced dialogue | Webpages | Timeline 15 | PPT 15 |
| 12/5 | 15 | Corporatization of schooling | *Boyles Chik-fil-a (in class) | 500-pound gorilla | Webpages Paper #2 on/or before | ||