AM 10:00 – 11:30

PM 12:00 – 3:00

Monday

Introduction

Seminars meet to discuss expectations, introductions etc.

Tuesday

Public Service, Ethnography seminar:

setup for field work

Workshop:

Reading, taking notes, writing summaries (Dan, Chuck, Stephanie)

Strasser, “"How to read a Book"”

Friday

11:00 – 2:00

Seminar: Rothstein, The Way We Were?

Magnet, The Dream and the Nightmare, pp. 174-219

AM 10:00 – 11:30

PM 12:00 – 3:00

Monday

Film:

“Hoop Dreams” – first part

Tuesday

Film:

“Hoop Dreams” – second part

Lecture Hall 2

Workshop:

Stephanie,Writing thesis driven essays

Peta Henderson, Taking ethnographic field notes

Friday

11:00 – 2:00

Seminar: Kotlowitz, There Are No Children Here, pp. 193 - 313

Kahlenberg (ed.), A Notion at Risk, pp. 1-30, “Introduction” and
Entwisle et al., “Summer Learning and Home Enrironment”

AM 10:00 – 11:30

PM 12:00 – 3:00

Monday

Film:"Eyes on the Prize" pt. 1

Seminar:

Bell, Silent Covenants, pp. 1-93

Tuesday

Public Service, Ethnography seminar:

Workshop:

Legislative Hearings Project: what, when, etc.

Work on your essay (see assignments page)

Friday

11:00 – 2:00

Seminar: Bell, Silent Covenants, pp. 94-201

Articles from American History “Round Table:
Brown v. Board of Education, Fifty Years After”

Carson, "Two Cheers for Brown v. Board of Education"

Scott, "Postwar Pluralism, Brown v. Board of Education, and the Origins of Multicultural Education"

Guinier, "From Racial Liberalism to Racial Literacy..."

AM 10:00 – 11:30

PM 12:00 – 3:00

Monday

Film:

"Eyes on the Prize" pts. 2 & 3

Seminar:

From A Notion at Risk

Gamoran, “High Standards...” pp. 93-126

Hammond and Post, “Inequality in Teaching...”, pp. 127-167

Tuesday

Public Service, Ethnography seminar:

Workshop:
12-2, Brian Jeffries, OSPI

2-3, Immokalee Workers (see announcements)

From A Notion at Risk

Rothstein, “Equalizing Education Resources on Behalf of Disadvantaged Children,” pp. 31-92

Friday

11:00 – 2:00

Seminar: From A Notion at Risk

Wells et al, “Charter Schools... pp. 169-223

Barton, “…...Discipline that Works,” pp. 223-250

"The Harlem Project" by Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine, June 20, 2004

AM 10:00 – 11:30

PM 12:00 – 3:00

Monday

Lecture: The structure of public schools (in Washington State) -- Dan

Seminar:

From A Notion at Risk, Teixera, "Critical Support: The Public View of Public Education: pp. 251-279

Brian Jeffries, "No Child Left Behind" (Power Point presentation)

Debate: "No Child Left Behind" (Justice Talking audio file)

"No Child Left Behind" Act

Tuesday

Workshop: On Measuring Poverty - Pete Bohmer

Best, Damned Lies and Statistics, pp. 1- 62

Essay revision (Stephanie)
Organizing ideas (Chuck)

Friday

11:00 – 2:00

Seminar: O'Connor, Poverty Knowledge, Ch. 10 (available on reserve at the circulation desk in the library)

Bouchey and Gunderson, "When work just isn't enough"
(.pdf file - Adobe Acrobat Reader needed)

AM 10:00 – 11:30

PM 12:00 – 3:00

Monday

Workshop:

Library workshop "Discovering the Lay of the Land" for Legislative Hearings Project –with Sarah Pedersen

[Workshop assignment, due Friday.]

No seminar:

Work on developing Legislative Hearings Project topic

Tuesday

Work on developing Legislative Hearings Project topic

Work on developing Legislative Hearings Project topic

Friday

11:00 – 2:00

Seminar: Magnet, The Dream and the Nightmare

AM 10:00 – 11:30

PM 12:00 – 3:00

Monday

Lecture:

Decline and possible rebirth of the labor movement – Dan

Dan's answers to student questions (.pdf file)

Seminar:

Shipler, The Working Poor, pp. 3-95

Tuesday

Public Service, Ethnography seminar:

Workshop:

Rich Nafziger on the upcoming legislative session, how hearings work, or poverty in Washington State or…

Friday

11:00 – 2:00

Seminar: Shipler, The Working Poor, pp. 142-230, 282-300

AM 10:00 – 11:30

PM 12:00 – 3:00

Monday

Lecture:
Social Contract Theory I- Chuck

Seminar:

Conley, The Pecking Order: Which Siblings Succeed and Why, pp. 3-112

Tuesday

Public Service, Ethnography seminar:

Workshop:

Conley’s appendix on “Panel Study of Income Dynamics” – - Peter Dorman, Member of the Faculty

Best, Damned Lies and Statistics, pp. 63 - 127

Friday

11:00 – 2:00

Seminar: Conley, The Pecking Order: Which Siblings Succeed
and Why, pp. 113-190

AM 10:00 – 11:30

PM 12:00 – 3:00

Monday

Lecture:

Social Contract Theory II- Chuck
[ .pdf file for lecture, printable version ]

Seminar:

Snow and Anderson, Down on Their Luck, pp. 1-144

Tuesday

Public Service, Ethnography seminar:

Workshop:

Marriage as a Solution to Poverty -- Stephanie

Friday

11:00 – 2:00

Seminar: Snow and Anderson, Down on Their Luck, pp. 145- 316

AM 10:00 – 11:30

PM 12:00 – 3:00

Monday

Panel:

What We’ve Learned – faculty

Seminar:

Lareau, Unequal Childhoods, pp. 38-65, 82-103, 165- 257

This review article by Richard Rothstein includes comments on Lareau (not required reading, just suggested).

Tuesday

Public Service, Ethnography seminar:

10:00 am sharp: turn in ethnographic field notes for weeks II-IX to seminar leader.

Workshop:

Review session and practice for final exam

Friday

11:00 – 2:00

11:00 am sharp: turn in ethnographic field notes for week X, your supervisor’s report, and your supervisor’s confirmation of your attendance record to seminar leader

Final examination