Why Teach?

• Dewey’s Pedagogic Creed
• Transforming Teaching Practice: Becoming the Critically Reflective Teacher

History of American Education

• The Common School: 1770–1890
• Educational Reforms
• As American as Public School: 1900-1950
• A Struggle for Educational Equality: 1950-1980
• The Bottom Line in Education: 1980-Present

Politics and Policy

• Education Policy
• Educational Funding
• Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
• No Child Left Behind
• Every Student Succeed Act
• The Standards for our State
• Achievement Gap in the United States
• Progressive Education
• The Toughest Job: William Winter’s Mississippi