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54 results for "School Leaders"

54 results for "School Leaders"

Case Studies

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From the ethics of pandering to how teachers should engage the 2016 election, these normative case studies provide teachers, school leaders, and policy makers the chance to discuss the difficult ethical questions they face every day. Please click on any...

Maya Cohen

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Maya Holden Cohen is a second-year doctoral student at HGSE in the Culture, Institutions, and Society concentration. Her research focuses on the civic formation of American youth, and the impact of political polarization and geographic partisan sorting on...

Teaching Democracy in Polarizing Times
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By using case studies to discuss ethical dilemmas with their colleagues, educators can better prepare to address political and civic challenges in their schools.

Educators have become increasingly stymied by the challenges of teaching both in a democracy...

Ethical Case Simulation: Bending the Arc

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Snapshot: This immersive ethical case simulation places you in the role of an instructional support specialist leading the rollout of a new culturally-responsive social studies curriculum across the Arc Charter network of middle schools. Through...

Sara O'Brien

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In her role with EdEthics, Sara creates pedagogical tools that help educators, school and district leaders, and policy makers think through challenging ethical questions in education. She has written or co-written over a dozen normative case studies and...

Five New Case Studies!

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The Justice in Schools team has produced five new case studies exploring issues ranging from mandated reporting to sex education. Written by students from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, these cases center on dilemmas that can challenge both new...

Faith in Mr. D: Accommodating Religion in Schools

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Snapshot: In this case study, a middle school principal in Canada faces a firestorm when he allows students in his majority-Muslim school to conduct Friday prayers in the school cafeteria. In the public school system of a multicultural democracy, where is...

Photo Bomb: Responding to Online Transgressions

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Snapshot: A pair of seventh graders in Madrid take a topless photo of a female classmate using WhatsApp and forward it to the rest of the class. This case asks teachers and families to think about dilemmas that arise when underage students at home misuse...

Ethical Leadership in Polarized Times: A Brief-Cases Suite

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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...