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This course introduces students to the ways in which diverse student bodies are constructed, educated, and multiply challenged in K-12 American education. Students will analyze research on, and craft responses to, the following issues: the social construction of race; racial achievement gaps; the impact of socioeconomics upon educational performance; the ways in which students of diverse religions and sexual orientations, and who are differently-abled, experience the classroom; and the challenges to creating high-quality culturally relevant educational experiences.