Grounded in the premise that language is never neutral, this course investigates how discourse constructs identities, legitimizes knowledge, and organizes power, determining what counts as knowledge, whose voices are amplified or silenced, and how power and authority circulate through policies, classrooms, and everyday talk.  Students engage with theoretical foundations of CDA and apply critical tools to real datasets: policies, media texts, institutional documents, and everyday interactions. Together, we analyze how discourses shape educational possibilities, reinforce inequalities, and produce particular ways of imagining teaching, learning, and society.