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Constructing A Citizenry: Variance In Civic Education In Minnesota's Secondary Schools, Hopi Costello
Constructing A Citizenry: Variance In Civic Education In Minnesota's Secondary Schools, Hopi Costello
Political Science Honors Projects
My project has two aims. First, I seek to fill the gap in basic descriptive data about the state of civic education in Minnesota's high schools. Second, I attempt to shed light on civic education in the state by exploring influences to it. I argue that demographic characteristics of civics teachers and the communities in which they teach influence both civics curriculum and teacher's conceptions of civic education. In a nation that depends on citizen participation for the functioning of the state, it is important to understand that the ways we teach students to participate may differ across locales.
Resegregation In Minneapolis Public Schools: Tipping Points For Academic Success, Collin Cousins
Resegregation In Minneapolis Public Schools: Tipping Points For Academic Success, Collin Cousins
Sociology Honors Projects
What happens to achievement gaps in middle school test scores when the racial compositions of schools change? Existing research indicates that academic achievement on standardized tests is negatively related to high concentrations of non-white students in schools, and disproportionately affects non-white students. To explore this, I conducted a two-fold approach of analyzing school characteristics and student test scores from Minneapolis public schools between 1988 and 2004, and interviewing administrators from four different Minneapolis schools that used the MBST test between 1998-2004 in order to better understand the context of the processes that occurred to produce the results. I explored how …