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"Ethical Educator"

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Meira Levinson discusses the ethics of private donations in this month's "Ethical Educator" column in AASA. "Scenario: The education foundation in a school district is raising funds to renovate art and technology classrooms badly in need of updating in...

SEALing Off Central High: What are Schools’ Obligations in a Social Media World?

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Snapshot: A group of teachers and administrators grapple with how to discipline a student who posted a nasty meme on a classmates social media feed. Should sharing a violent meme be treated differently than other violent speech?

School Walkouts as Civil Disobedience: How Should Districts Respond?

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Snapshot: This case explores the dilemmas that emerge when students in Portland, Oregon walk out of school to protest the election of Donald Trump. Case Description: High school and middle school students across the United States are engaging in...

Listen to Meira Levinson discuss educational ethics on TeachLab

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Meira Levinson sits down with Justin Reich, director of the MIT Teaching Systems Lab, to discuss what educational ethics looks like in practice. Listen to the podcast here. From TeachLab: "Dr. Meira Levinson is a normative political philosopher, writer...

On the Merge

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A school board member in a rural district must decide whether to vote to merge the district’s two high schools, thus closing down a beloved school with close community ties. What will best serve the students in her district? 

"Ethical Educator"

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Meira Levinson discusses partisanship in the classroom in this month's "Ethical Educator" column in AASA. "Scenario: In the days after the 2016 presidential election, a high school teacher considered well-respected and highly effective feels desperate...

Picking Battles

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Snapshot: This case presents an opportunity for educators and administrators to open up dialogue on the matter of guns in school, with emphasis on the question of arming teachers. It highlights a number of stakeholders and points of consideration around...

Pandering and Student Assignment Policy: Meeting Needs in Urban Schools

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Basic Education for All: The Politics of Implementing 100% Transition from Primary School to Secondary School in Kenya

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Snapshot: In 2020, the Kenyan government declared that secondary school would be mandatory for all—effective immediately. In response to pushback about the impracticality of immediate 100% transition, the Cabinet Secretary for Education defiantly declared...

The Job Search

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Snapshot: Towards the end of her Masters in Teaching, a preservice teacher grapples with whether or not to accept a job offer to teach at an urban charter school and discusses what it means to teach for social justice with a group of her colleagues.

Holding the Trump Card: How Should Schools Address Controversial Issues in the 2016 Presidential Election?

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Snapshot: Teachers wrestle with how to teach the controversial issues and topics raised during the 2016 election. How should teachers navigate these partisan, divisive, and often nasty issues in the classroom?

Picking Battles

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Snapshot: This case presents an opportunity for educators and administrators to open up dialogue on the matter of guns in school, with emphasis on the question of arming teachers. It highlights a number of stakeholders and points of consideration around...