This highly participatory seminar format of this graduate-level course aims to engage students in a process of inquiry and discovery through reflection and analysis. Students will use a set of analytical tools and frameworks to analyze their own experience or a citizen organization, and develop a plan to increase participation in an agency, institution, school or school system. The seminar will also consider how to lead and manage citizen participation processes and will provide resources and tools for educational administrators, policy makers and community leaders who want to engage the public in the process of improving educational institutions. Rambaud, 4 cr., 1st sem.