Writing Statement

A) a brief description of the education policy you selected. Then explain how this policy might affect your role as a future educational psychologist professional. Finally, explain how you might change or add to the policy to improve its effectiveness. Be specific and use the Learning Resources to support your response.

Resources

• Article: Lynch, M., Engle, J., & Cruz, J. L. (2011, June). Priced out: How the wrong financial-aid policies hurt low-income students. Educational Trust, 1–14.
  Retrieved from the Walden Library using the ERIC database.
• Article: Rollin, S. A., Subotnik, R. F., Bassford, M., & Smulson, J. (2008). Bringing psychological science to the forefront of educational policy: Collaborative efforts of the American Psychological Association’s coalition for psychology in the schools and education. Psychology in the Schools, 45(3), 194–205.
  Retrieved from the Walden Library using the Academic Search Complete database.
• Article: Whitmore Schanzenbach, D. (2011). Review of “Class size: What research says and what it means for state policy.” National Education Policy Center, 1–8.
  Retrieved from the Walden Library using the ERIC database.

B

)an explanation of how you can expand and pursue the topic you used for your Final Project (or another educational psychology topic of interest) as a dissertation topic and how it might serve as a basis of professional identity. In either case, explain the social change possibilities and implications of that topic.