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ELHE 7103

Education Law and Public Policy · 9 instructors on record · 32 sections

What the course score is made of

77BC evaluations32 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2021 – Spring 2026

—Student reviewsno reviews — does not contribute

—RateMyProfessorsno ratings — does not contribute

That is the class itself, averaged across everyone who taught it. Who taught it, and how each of them scored, is the board below — that is what a student picking a section is actually choosing between.

What the challenge rank is made of

41stMore challenging than 41% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

89BC — “Intellectually Challenging”32 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College's own “intellectually challenging” question for this class only — students answer it positively about courses that stretched them, so it measures intellectual challenge and NOT grading, workload or quality. Almost every BC class scores high on it, which is why it is shown as a rank rather than a score.

What the workload rank is made of

81stMore work than 81% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

66BC — “Workload”32 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College reports workload for this class only as one of five bands, not as a number of hours, and it does not publish what the bands mean — so this site will not translate it into hours. Higher means more work, which is not the same as worse.

Email elhe@bc.edu or department permission from the ELHE department. This course addresses the political and legal aspects of the role of education in our democratic society. Provides an introductory survey of public policy issues and laws governing preschool, elementary, secondary, and higher education. Included are such topics as religious freedom, free speech, and due process; the liability of educational institutions and educators; the legal distinctions between private and public institutions; student and parent privacy rights; disability rights; and the promotion of educational equity among all groups regardless of gender, sexual orientation, language, race, religion, ethnicity, or socioeconomic background.

The board

9 instructors · ranked on this class onlyCompare the top 3

Scores are real averages. The order also accounts for how many records back each one — the count is under every score — so one perfect review does not outrank a semester of them. 2 of the 9 rows carry a mark saying so.

Rank	Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
1	Raquel Muniz CastroEducational Leadership and Higher Education	975 records	80th	88th
2	Vanessa MillerEducational Leadership and Higher Education Provisional	941 record	78th	87th
3	Erin O'sullivanEducational Leadership and Higher Education	854 records	—	—
4	Marlies SpanjaardEducation Provisional fewer records	901 record	—	2nd
5	Beth GodettEducational Leadership and Higher Education	836 records	78th	27th
6	Dana FlemingEducation Provisional	821 record	78th	86th
7	Karen KalzerEducation Provisional fewer records	702 records	78th	52nd
8	Michele ScavongelliEducational Leadership and Higher Education	7611 records	85th	26th
9	Janet FaulknerEducation Provisional	301 record	78th	29th

How this board is orderedPositions account for how many records stand behind each number, so one perfect review does not outrank a semester of them. Every score shown is the real average — only the ordering is adjusted. The comparison here is the class itself: a thin record is read against how this class was rated overall, not against the university.

Every instructor with an evaluation record for this class is on this board — it is not a top ten, and nothing is hidden behind a “show more”. Overall is the instructor's blended score for THIS class only, and its one contributing source is Boston College's evaluations for the sections in the row's record count — nothing on this board is an average across the other things they teach. Workload and Challenge are RANKS against every class we hold, not scores: BC's questions all sit near the top of the 1-5 scale, so a raw number would put almost every row in the high eighties and tell you nothing. Challenge is BC's “intellectually challenging” item, which students answer positively about courses that stretched them — it is not a measure of difficulty or grading. Neither column is ever marked better or worse. 5 of 9 rows are marked provisional: fewer than 3 records stand behind the number. That is thin evidence, not a bad instructor — the record count is in every row.

The line

All 13 items · means across 32 records

The Professor4 items

Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.

8615th pctl

Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.

8920th pctl

Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.

8513th pctl

Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.

8921st pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8317th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8623rd pctl

Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.

8719th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8623rd pctl

Gives Feedback PromptlyI received feedback on my work in a timely manner.

756th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8111th pctl

Workload, difficulty & attendanceNot ratings

WorkloadHow much work the course took outside class, on Boston College's five-band scale — the band boundaries are not published, so this is not a number of hours.

6681st pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8941st pctl

Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.

8213th pctl

Bar length is the rank against every comparable record we hold, not the raw score: BC's questions all have a median around 4.5, so a raw-scale bar would be nearly full on every row and would tell you nothing. Every bar is one ink colour — nothing here is graded green or red. The hatched bars are not ratings at all: a higher number on either describes a different course, not a better one.

Game log

32 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Michele Scavongelli	Spring 2026	01	86	81	60
Beth Godett	Spring 2026	02	74	75	60
Michele Scavongelli	Fall 2025	01	71	63	60
Beth Godett	Summer 2025	01	94	90	—
Erin O'sullivan	Summer 2025	02	89	90	—
Michele Scavongelli	Spring 2025	01	75	72	100
Beth Godett	Spring 2025	02	80	73	—
Raquel Muniz Castro	Fall 2024	01	94	92	60
Michele Scavongelli	Fall 2024	03	83	86	80
Erin O'sullivan	Summer 2024	02	89	86	—
Raquel Muniz Castro	Spring 2024	01	99	97	60
Beth Godett	Spring 2024	04	87	80	60
Michele Scavongelli	Fall 2023	01	71	69	—
Erin O'sullivan	Fall 2023	02	89	86	—
Beth Godett	Fall 2023	03	94	80	—
Erin O'sullivan	Summer 2023	01	73	81	—
Michele Scavongelli	Summer 2023	02	82	80	—
Beth Godett	Summer 2023	03	69	71	—
Raquel Muniz Castro	Spring 2023	01	93	95	80
Michele Scavongelli	Spring 2023	02	85	77	80
Michele Scavongelli	Fall 2022	01	83	69	60
Raquel Muniz Castro	Fall 2022	02	98	92	60
Vanessa Miller	Fall 2022	03	94	97	60
Dana Fleming	Summer 2022	01	82	80	60
Michele Scavongelli	Summer 2022	02	77	73	80

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How to read this boardInstructors are ranked on their record in this class only, never on their average across everything they teach. Scores are out of 100 — Boston College's 1–5 agreement scale, ×20, the way these numbers were printed for years. Workload is BC's own five-band figure, not a number of hours, and is shown as a rank. A dash means the question was not reported, and is never a zero.