1. Philosophy of Education
1.1. Pragmatism
1.1.1. Generic Notations
1.1.2. Key Researchers
1.1.3. Goal of Education
1.1.4. Role of the Teacher
1.1.5. Methods of Instruction
1.1.6. Curriculum
2. Schools as Organazations
2.1. Stakeholder for District 1 Jasper, Alabama
2.1.1. State Senators
2.1.2. House of Representatives
2.1.3. State Superintendent
2.1.4. Representative on State School Board
2.1.5. Local Supertindent
2.1.6. Local School Board
2.2. Elements of Change
2.2.1. Conflict
2.2.2. New Behaviors
2.2.3. Team Building
2.2.4. Process and Content
3. Curriculum and Pedagogy
3.1. Developmentalist
3.2. Two Dominant Traditions of Teaching
3.2.1. Mimetic
3.2.2. Transformative
4. Equality of Opportunity
4.1. Educational Outcomes
4.1.1. Class
4.1.2. Race
4.1.3. Gender
4.2. Responses to Coleman Study from 1982
4.2.1. First Response
4.2.2. Second Response
5. Educational Inequality
5.1. Cultural Deprivation
5.1.1. First Type
5.1.2. Second Type
5.2. School-Centered Explanations for Educational Inequality
5.2.1. School Financing
5.2.2. Effective School Research
5.2.3. Curriculum and Pedagogic Practices
5.2.4. Curriculum and Ability Grouping
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7. Politics of Education
7.1. Purposes
7.1.1. 1. Intellectual
7.1.2. 2. Political
7.1.3. 3. Social
7.1.4. 4. Economic
7.2. Perspectives
7.2.1. Role of the School
7.2.2. Unequal Performance
7.2.3. Educational Problems
8. History of U.S. Education
8.1. Reform Movement
8.1.1. Education for African Americans
8.2. Historical Interpretation
8.2.1. The Democratic-Liberal School
9. Sociological Perspectives
9.1. Theoretical Perspectives
9.1.1. Functionalism
9.1.2. Conflict Theory
9.1.3. Interactionalism
9.2. Effects of Schooling
9.2.1. Knowledge and Attitudes
9.2.2. Teacher Behavior
9.2.3. Student Peer Groups and Allienation
9.2.4. De Facto Segregation
9.2.5. Gender
10. Educational Reform
10.1. School-Based Reforms
10.1.1. Charter Schools
10.1.2. Vouchers
10.2. Two Reforms
10.2.1. Community
10.2.2. Economic