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In Loco Parentis: The Ethics of Dismissal at Boarding School

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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...

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? 

First Rate

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An elementary-school principal new to her district must decide how to evaluate a beloved veteran teacher who struggles with the instructional core. What makes for quality teaching—and how do we measure it? 

The (De)Merits of Discipline

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Snapshot: A teacher in a charter school must decide how to respond when she witnesses a colleague harshly reprimanding a student in class; while her colleague’s behavior isn’t out of line with the school’s strict discipline code, she herself relies more...

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...