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Hi-- do you mind sharing your stats and work history? I've heard that this program is great for working professionals.

Hi @username111 I agree, there are some aspects where teaching isn't required, like the one you described. I do think, however, that the "impact of policies" and "creating policies" are two completely different things, with the latter requiring teaching experience. I believe it'd be in everyone's best interest if the policies were created by former teachers. I didn't mean to speak in extremes in my initial post.

@econteacher - What schools are you looking at?

Hi @econteacher You and I are in a very similar situation. I've taught middle school for 5 years, albeit science/math, and I'm currently working as a curriculum coordinator. I'm planning on applying to a PhD position next year as well. The only reason I'm pursuing this now is because A) I'm currently conducting research in my job and B ) I work for the university and have tuition remission I plan on being part-time as well. I think the fact that you would be able to conduct research while working your full time job would be incredibly helpful. It's what I plan on doing. Right now I'm preparing by taking one of the required PhD courses as a non-degree student. Luckily, the professor who most closely matches my interests is teaching the course! I would recommend doing the same. I'm only applying to two schools because my husband is tied down to his job, and I absolutely CANNOT pay for this PhD. It has to be fully funded so my options are limited. I'm not really sure of which focus would be better suited for you. I would focus on the one that is most in line with your full time employment. I'd love for us to keep in touch!

As I navigate the field of education, it continues to baffle me how few people have actually stood in front of children(or adults) and led a lesson. It's beginning to make sense to me why so many aspects of K-12 education are broken. There are so many people at the top who are creating policies without any context for the conditions in classrooms. I wouldn't expect counselors or social workers to have teaching experience, but policy makers? curriculum coordinators? teacher educators? come on! I imagine the person who decided PARCC should be computerized has never fathomed that urban districts largely don't have access to functioning computers. In the past I've had supervisors who had no teaching experience, yet they were tasked with evaluating my performance Of course they rated me as "highly effective" because they had no idea how to assess a teacher. Similarly to if I had to evaluate the performance of a neurologist. I was prompted to create this poll as I browsed through this forum. I'm hoping the majority of us have taught at the K-12 or post-secondary level.

Hi @Levon3, For Johns Hopkins, cost is a huge issue. The Ed.D. is $4,000 per course. Hubby already has $250k from med school, so we can't do that again. In addition, I don't like the idea of a completely "online" program either. The reputation of Ed.D's are still up in the air, and adding the online component doesn't seem to help too much. I don't think the program is horrible, but in comparison to UMD, it's the lesser for me. What I love about UMD is the emphasis on diverse populations of students. The faculty is very well rounded in their research topics and it's clear that a huge value is placed on research regarding minorities and how they learn. I just love that there is a very clear focus on this subject. I want to qualify this statement by saying that I haven't called either of the schools yet. This is only based on my first impression of their respective websites. My ultimate goal is to work with professional schools (law, medicine, nursing, engineering, pharmacy, etc) to create pipeline programs to careers for children in urban school districts. I already work for a similar program at UMD, so they would have better insight than JHU on my goals.

Greetings fellow scholars! I'm debating between pursuing the minority and urban education PhD at UMaryland (which is my dream program), and the Ed.D at Johns Hopkins. The issue is that I currently work for the university of Maryland, and tuition would be free, however, they only offer a Ph.D and I feel like an Ed.D would be more appropriate for my goals. I'd like to continue working as a curriculum specialist and program developer and incorporate this job into my doctoral studies. I love love love my current job and quitting is not an option for me. I'm not a huge fan of the program at Johns Hopkins (not sure why it's ranked so highly), but it does offer the more appropriate and flexible Ed.D that would allow me to continue working throughout the program. Help!

I don't get it. What is so lucrative about this program in particular? Looking back, the Urban Superintendents Program had between 30-60 applications every year, and HGSE accepted 6. Folks are coming out the woodwork applying for the EDLD