Workshop: What's Politics Doing in a Nice Field Like Education?

A village near the river is in trouble. Something is killing off fish and making the water undrinkable. The villagers spend months digging wells to get enough fresh water to drink and farm with. Little do they know two miles upstream another village has been dumping refuse into the river, poisoning the water.

What is your “upstream” problem? How do you identify the structural causes to systemic issues?

In this intensive, interactive workshop, Professor Shantá Robinson will explore the US education system. Participants will take a look at the entire system as a case study for recognizing systemic problems and identifying levers for creating systemic change. The skills gained through this workshop are directly applicable to multiple areas of the public sector, from policy-making to direct service.

Shantá Robinson is an Assistant Professor in the School of Social Service Administration. She has experience training education professionals on skills including facilitation, critical consciousness, and empathy. Her latest endeavor, Life Courses, engages students and education in conversations around privilege and power with the goal of establishing empathy-first responses to critical problems.

• This workshop is open to students only.
• Registration is required. Capacity: 20 students. 
• Please contact the Institute of Politics at politics@uchicago.edu or 773-834-4671 with any questions or accommodation requests.
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