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Private Equity

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During the COVID-19 global pandemic, the Mexican government closed all schools and transitioned to the distance-learning program. This led to a drop in private school enrollment, and private schools and families requested the government for financial...

A Change of Plan?

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An eighth-grade civics teacher in Massachusetts struggles to balance respecting student autonomy and creating a safe classroom community as students complete civic action projects about contentious political issues.

What Would You Do?: Seeing Green

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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 Meira Levinson. Should science...

No Laughing Matter: Can Showing Religiously Sensitive Cartoons in the Classroom Ever Be Justified?

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Snapshot: In England, Tate Academy, part of a chain of schools in a Multi-Academy Trust serving a sizable Muslim population, faces growing Islamophobia among its largely White, non-Muslim student body. When graffiti inspired by the Charlie Hedbo cartoons...

Something in the Water: Controversial Issues and Competitive Debate

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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 environmental racism by examining lead in the water supply. While the district wishes...

Course Correction: Teaching Critical Consciousness in an Anti-CRT State

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Snapshot: Facing community pushback and a new state law prohibiting teaching “critical race theory,” a middle school principal must decide whether to run a critical consciousness course for students. While student polling shows that the school climate has...

High School at the Coal-Face

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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...

Feeling Exposed in Online Class: Safety in the Virtual Civics Classroom

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Snapshot: This case from the Netherlands explores the challenges of organizing a safe space for discussion in the online civics classroom. Should teachers refrain from inviting students to share their opinions, feelings and concerns online because they...

Taking the Action Out of Civics?: Polarized Debates over Civic Education

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Snapshot: Civic education is increasingly a hot-button topic in a polarized nation. After introducing a project-based civics curriculum in which students take action to create change, a school leader faces pushback from teachers, as well as disagreement...

Seeing Green

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Snapshot: This case explores the challenges of teaching about climate change in a community where a large portion of the residents work in the petroleum industry. Should science teachers accommodate local concerns about the dangers of demonizing the very...