Teachers

Snapshot: After a student approaches her with a sexual health question, a health educator must decide whether or not to help the student by answering her question, knowing that the student's parents had decided to opt their daughter out of the school's...

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?

Snapshot: The School Culture Committee at a K-8 school in Jersey City struggles with the impact of divisive political rhetoric on their classroom and school community.

Snapshot: While planning for their Power of Persuasion project, the Northern High 10th Grade social studies team debates what topics are appropriately controversial for school and what topics endanger safe and inclusive classroom spaces.

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?

Sometimes a small spark can ignite a big conversation. Use our micro cases as a way to seed discussion when participants don’t have time for more thorough preparation. Adam is making wisecracks and asking obscure questions while his teacher, Mrs. Wilson...