In recent years, foundations like the Gates Foundation and wealthy individuals like Mark Zuckerberg have become heavily involved in funding K-12 education, giving large sums of money to urban school districts, charter schools, and other education entities. This course uses political science to shed light on these developments. We will explore how philanthropic involvement has shaped schools, interest groups, ideas and policy outcomes in education. In doing so, students will learn a variety of prominent American politics theories, such as those pertaining to power, group mobilization, policy... Read more about Philanthropy, Nonprofits, and the Politics of American Education (Government 94LF)