EDUC 164Urban Education
Focuses on urban schooling through critical readings, fieldwork, group projects, and extensive writing. Students explore how socialization, marginalization, and assimilation impede or support academic success, how class intersects with race, and how culture affects one's orientation to education. Note: This course satisfies the American History and Institutions requirement.
Enrollment is restricted to junior and senior education, democracy and justice majors; science education majors; critical race and ethnic studies majors; and STEM, EDUC and Black studies minors, or by permission of instructor.
- All students can enroll - restriction review is waived in summer.
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When it runs
Winter 2027Open Winter 2027
| Section | Type | When | Where | Instructor | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Seminar | Tue Thu 1:30pm–3:05pm | Porter Acad 144 | A. Lashaw | Open 0/60 |
Summer 2026Open Summer 2026
| Section | Type | When | Where | Instructor | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Seminar | TBA | Online | R. Jibrin | Open 103/240 |
Winter 2026Open Winter 2026
| Section | Type | When | Where | Instructor | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Seminar | Mon Wed Fri 2:40pm–3:45pm | Online | A. Lashaw | Open 42/45 |
Who teaches it
| Instructor | Rating | Difficulty | Would take again | Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amanda Lashaw | 3.2 / 5 | 3.6 / 5 | 53% | 17 |
| Rekia Jibrin | 1.5 / 5 | 3.8 / 5 | 0% | 4 |
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