Overview of Courses

Develops skills, insights, and understanding of how leaders use research to improve schools, with emphasis on the use of assessment and research data to identify school improvement needs and to design school improvement projects.

Contemporary Issues in Education Leadership

Examines current and emerging issues and trends impacting education. Includes demographic shifts; globalization; technology; data-based decision making; inclusion of diverse learners in American schools; and recent research on student achievement when influenced by race, gender, and poverty.

Social and Political Forces in Education Leadership

Examines the social and political forces that shape education in the United States and the effect of these forces on school leadership. Examines the social and political functions of schooling in the past and present.

Vanderbilt University
Masters in Public Policy
Spring 2018

Education Policy and Program Evaluation

Build skills necessary to conduct professional evaluations, particularly of education programs.