This graduate course is intended to help students understand that teaching and learning have complex intellectual and cultural traditions, have deep moral and ethical dimensions, that social forces such as race, class and gender, have shaped US schools, and that schools and the issue of education are highly political and often economic in nature. In this online course, students will students will analyze a variety of primary and secondary source materials as well as create a del.icio.us page to catalog and link to library and archive sites. A course wiki and podcasting will be used for meetings and delivery.