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EDL EDUC 523 Diversity Course Syllabus Units: 3 The mission of the USC Rossier School of Education is to prepare leaders to achieve educational equity through practice, research and policy. We work to improve learning opportunities and outcomes in urban settings and to address disparities that affect historically marginalized groups. We teach our students to value and respect the cultural context of the communities in which they work and to interrogate the systems of power that shape policies and practices. Through innovative thinking and research, we strive to solve the most intractable educational problems. The Educational Leadership (EDL) program prepares leaders in K-12 schools, universities, community colleges or other educational organizations. The program trains critically conscious leader who seek to address problems of practice and take action to address inequities in education. This course is one of the four core courses of the EdD doctoral program in the Rossier School of Education. It represents one of the cornerstones of fundamental areas of knowledge (leadership, accountability, diversity, and learning) critical to well-prepared leaders in urban education settings. These areas were developed through a comprehensive review of the most current theory and research, as well as through an inclusive and wide-ranging process of refinement at the level of program and curriculum development involving stakeholders from a variety of perspectives.