Thank you for joining us for the Educational Ethics Pre-Conference Workshop: EdEdthics in Action at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
This daylong workshop, led by Professor Meira Levinson and the EdEthics team, jumpstarted the Educational Ethics: A Field-Launching Conference, and highlighted normative case studies, which are “richly described, realistic accounts of complex ethical dilemmas that arise within practice or policy contexts, in which protagonists must decide among courses of action, none of which is self-evident as the right one to take” (Levinson and Fay, 2016, pp. 5‒6).... Read more about Pre-Conference Workshop: EdEthics in Action: May 4th, 2023
Snapshot: Should a student who skipped school be allowed to make up missing work? This case explores dilemmas that arise when academic consequences are linked to behavioral infractions. How can schools discourage...
Snapshot: Online learning can offer many educational benefits for both students and teachers, but how much online learning is too much? Should this principal apply for a...
Snapshot: A pair of seventh graders in Madrid take a topless photo of a female classmate using WhatsApp and forward it to the...
Snapshot: Conspiracy theories play an increasingly important and often highly problematic role in political debates in liberal democracies. As a student at a German high school becomes...
Snapshot: This award-winning multimedia version of our case "Promotion vs. Retention" allows you to choose which role you'll...
Snapshot: This first episode of a video podcast series, produced in partnership with the Ethical Schools podcast, includes a dramatized version of our case "Taking the Action Out of Civics?" along with a discussion of the case...
Snapshot: In this case from Australia, a high school principal in a regional town is seeking community input on a sponsorship arrangement with the local coal mining company—how should he lead his school through the sponsorship evaluation process while...
Snapshot: In this case study, Arlington, VA, faced criticism from teachers and parents when the district announced a plan to make homework more equitable by eliminating deadlines and other requirements. How...
Snapshot: A group of parents in Hong Kong considers which type of schooling will best prepare their children for the future. The local schools and international schools offer benefits and...
Snapshot: When national examinations in England were canceled during the Covid-19 pandemic, policy makers were tasked with deciding the fairest way to allocate student grades in their place. This case explores the ethical...
Snapshot: In Memphis, TN, debate coaches are surprised when the school district informs them that they’re not allowed to use national resources that tackle questions of...
Snapshot: As schools across the United States rely on virtual instruction for some—or even all—instructional time, they continue to grapple with dilemmas initially raised during the Covid-19...
Snapshot: At an independent boarding school, a development officer who also serves as a mentor in the dorm must balance competing values as she decides what to do after witnessing her mentee engaged...
Snapshot: A teacher in a charter school must decide how to respond when she witnesses a colleague harshly reprimanding a student in class; while her colleague’s...
Snapshot: This second episode of a video podcast series, produced in partnership with the Ethical Schools podcast, includes a dramatized version of our case "Seeing Green" along with a discussion of the case led by Professor...
Snapshot: This case examines the influence of family wealth on college admissions in the wake of the 2019 college admissions bribery scandal. While bribery is...