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10 results for "Gender"

10 results for "Gender"

The Invisible Majority

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In Germany, a secondary school must decide whether to run a workshop on using gender-inclusive language, despite community concerns and a government mandate to maintain the German language’s highly-gendered grammatical structures. 
 

Student Transgressions

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Snapshot: A student in a conservative school district appears to be experimenting with their gender identity. Can the needs of the child be balanced against prevailing community norms? Should they?

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...

David J. Knight

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David J. Knight is an educator and researcher in Boston. He is an affiliated researcher with the Justice in Schools Project. Drawing on his boundary-crossing work as both an urban public school teacher and scholar, David writes on a wide range of issues...

Complete List of Case Studies

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Challenges of Mandated Reporting A teacher grapples with when corporal punishment crosses the line into child abuse and whether or not reporting her suspicions is the right decision in either case. Gender Identity and Student Support A student in a...

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...

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. 

Keeping It Private: Challenges of Boarding School Mentorship

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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 in sexual activity with a classmate. School policy...

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...