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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...

Thank you for joining us for the Educational Ethics Pre-Conference Workshop: EdEdthics in Action at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This daylong workshop, led by Professor Meira Levinson and the EdEthics team...

Snapshot: In a world of increasingly competitive college admissions, more and more one grade may well make the difference between acceptance and rejection. Perhaps unsurprisingly, then, grade inflation is widespread. How should teachers respond? Fight...

Wealth inequality has undoubtedly created injustices in the college admissions process, but policy solutions to level the playing field often present a tension between state regulation and family autonomy. Although many individuals might agree that...

Snapshot: This case explores the challenges of teaching about climate change in a community where a large portion of the residents work in the petroleum industry. Should science teachers accommodate local concerns about the dangers of demonizing the very...

For many students, 11th grade marks the year they begin seriously researching the colleges they will apply to. Many of these students, and their parents too, feel an urgency to get into an elite university because they believe this will determine their...

Family expenditures throughout high school can affect a student’s college acceptance prospects.However, once the application is sitting before admissions officers, colleges and universities have the opportunity to address some of the disparities in the...

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: 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...

Snapshot: Online learning can offer many educational benefits for both students and teachers, but how much online learning is too much? Should this principal apply for a funding program that would put half the curriculum online, or has the pandemic taught...

Snapshot: In England, Tate Academy, part of a chain of schools in a Multi-Academy Trust serving a sizable Muslim population, faces growing Islamophobia among its largely White, non-Muslim student body. When graffiti inspired by the Charlie Hedbo cartoons...