HUMT-1460 : Teaching in the City

Who decides where students go to school? How and where have the benefits of American education been distributed and why? How has the past shaped the present? The story of American public education is, among other things, a story about place: you can't talk about schools without talking about neighborhoods, and you can't talk about neighborhoods without talking about schools. In this class, we will begin to contextualize your work in local schools by looking at the history of Seattle and Seattle U's neighborhood in particular. We'll also ask what it means to teach in urban schools. We ask: What is an urban school? What is unique about teaching in the city? What are some of the challenges and opportunities you will face when you start your work in Seattle schools?