WU Social Work Improving Education Policy Discussion

Social workers are often involved in helping to improve or implement local education policy. Social workers help to develop student success as well as advocate for those students in need. For this Discussion, you will research an education policy that interests you in your local school district. You will discuss with your colleagues how the policy applies to social work as well as how it could be improved.

To prepare: Research an education policy of interest to you in your local public school district. 

LEARNING RESOURCES

DiNitto, D. M., & Johnson, D. H. (2016). Social welfare: Politics and public policy (8th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.

Chapter 9, “Preventing Poverty: Education and Employment Policy” (pp. 331–368)

Walden University, LLC. (Producer). (2018). Southside Community ServicesLinks to an external site. [Web site]. Baltimore, MD: Author. Retrieved from http://studyhall.waldenu.edu/bsw/This is the web site for Southside Community Services, the fictional agency featured in the BSW video case studies. Here you can explore more details about the case studies, find sample job listings, or explore other aspects of social work.

REQUIRED MEDIA

• Walden University, LLC. (Producer). (2017). Southside Community Services: Amy, episode 2[Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author. Walden University Canvas. https://waldenu.instructure.com

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Describe in 1–2 sentences the policy you found in your research.

Explain how the policy you found applies to social work.

Explain how the policy you found could be improved.