#  EPA101 – Education Policy and Analysis 

 





**Fall Semester (2022****–present)**

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This course is an introduction to public policy, with an applied focus on education policy and policy analysis. The course is organized around core tasks in the work of policymaking: defining the problem, proposing alternative options to address the problem, selecting criteria to evaluate the alternatives, projecting the outcomes of proposed alternatives, confronting the tradeoffs between alternatives, and others. These tasks often involve concepts from economics and political science, which the course will introduce, e.g., opportunity costs, thinking at the margin, stakeholder analysis. Throughout the course we will use cases and examples of education policy drawn from a variety of settings, including the United States as well as low- and middle-income countries. We will also examine education policy issues at various levels of education, including early childhood, primary, secondary, and higher education. The course aims to achieve two main objectives: to enhance your ability to analyze policy problems with sound reasoning and to improve your skills in effectively communicating that analysis to policymakers. A third objective of the course is to extend your understanding of key topics and debates in education policy in the U.S. and globally.

*Limited to students enrolled in the Education Policy & Analysis Ed.M. program.*