EDLF 1200
Examining the Effectiveness of Social Innovation
Course Description
Educational and social innovations such as Head Start, Teach for America, and Promise Neighborhoods aim to dramatically improve outcomes for children by altering the status quo. This course explores innovations intended to improve outcomes for children and youth and how we can determine whether innovations actually 'work'? What is meant by 'works' and what are the outcomes by which we judge whether an innovation works?