#  Justice in Schools 

 



#  EdEthics Spotlight 

 



  [### Now at Stanford Graduate School of Education

 ](/now-stanford-graduate-school-education)We are excited to share that Professor Meira Levinson is now at Stanford Graduate School of Education, starting on January 1st 2026.

The EdEthics Initiative is thrilled to continue pursuing our goals at Stanford University! Please stay tuned for more...



 

 

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   [### Values in Teaching

 ](/values-teaching)**Values in Teaching** is a free set of tools designed to help K–12 educators working in politically charged environments:

-lead with integrity and clarity.

-navigate uncertainty while staying true to your values.

-build inclusive, supportive classrooms and...



 

 

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   [### Ethical Leadership in Polarized Times: A Brief-Cases Suite

 ](/ethical-leadership-polarized-times-brief-cases-suite) Welcome to “Ethical Leadership in Polarized Times: A Brief-Cases Suite” What is a Normative "Brief-Case"? This collection of normative “brief-cases,” each about one page long, helps educational leaders discuss ethical challenges wrought by social and... 

 

 

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##  Justice in Schools works to promote educational ethics through... 

 



 [### Educational Ethics

 ](/about-jis)Calling attention to dilemmas of educational ethics facing educators and policy makers



 

 

 [### Case Studies

 ](/case-overview)Developing empirically-informed normative case studies to foster critical ethical reflection



 

 

 [### Scholarly Community

 ](/news)Linking educators, researchers, and philosophers working on issues of educational ethics



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> ***Justice in Schools creates and distributes resources to help educators and policy makers develop their capacity to understandand and challenge dilemmas of educational ethics***



 

## Here's what's new with JiS!



 

##  Recent Case Studies 

 



  [### In Loco Parentis: The Ethics of Dismissal at Boarding School

 ](/loco-parentis-ethics-dismissal-boarding-school)A disciplinary committee at a small, prestigious, independent boarding school must decide the consequences of a student’s disciplinary infraction. To complicate matters, the student is facing challenging family circumstances, her family makes significant...



 

 

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   [### Private Equity

 ](/private-equity)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...



 

 

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   [### A Change of Plan?

 ](/change-plan-0)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.



 

 

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