Harvard Education PR Democratic Discord in Schools: Cases and Commentaries in Educational Ethics

Teaching in a democracy is challenging and filled with dilemmas that have no easy answers. For example, how do educators meet their responsibilities of teaching civic norms and dispositions while remaining nonpartisan? Democratic Discord in Schools features eight normative cases of complex dilemmas drawn from real events designed to help educators practice the type of collaborative problem solving and civil discourse needed to meet these challenges of democratic education. Each of the cases also features a set of six commentaries written by a diverse array of scholars, educators, policy makers, students, and activists with a range of political views to spark reflection and conversation.   Drawing on research and methods developed in the Justice in Schools project at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE), Democratic Discord in Schools provides the tools that allow educators and others to practice the deliberative skills they need in order to find reasonable solutions to common ethical dilemmas in politically fraught times. From the Back Cover Teaching in a democracy is challenging and filled with dilemmas that have no easy answers. <i>Democratic Discord in Schools</i> features eight normative cases of complex dilemmas drawn from real events designed to help educators practice the type of collaborative problem solving and civil discourse needed to meet the challenges of democratic education. Each of the cases also features a set of six commentaries written by a diverse array of scholars, educators, policy makers, students, and activists with a range of political views to spark reflection and conversation.<br><br> This book provides educators with the tools to practice the deliberative skills they need in order to find reasonable solutions to common ethical dilemmas in politically fraught times.<br><br> &#34;<i>Democratic Discord in Schools</i>&#160;breaks new territory and offers concrete examples&#160;on the eternal synergies between our aspirations for the practice of democratic citizenship and the messy frictions&#160;educational&#160;practices&#160;struggle to manage.&#160;It is the book every teacher, parent, policy maker, and concerned&#160;citizen should read and ponder.&#8221;<br><b>&#8212;Marcelo M. Su&#225;rez-Orozco</b>, Wasserman Dean and Distinguished Professor of Education, University of California at Los Angeles<br><br> &#8220;This is a powerful and important book. The eight normative case studies are authentic, interesting, and provocative. The commentaries that follow serve to deepen understanding of the dilemmas at the heart of each controversy and provide alternative perspectives about what could or should be done.&#8221;<br><b>&#8212;Diana Hess</b>, Dean and Karen A. Falk Distinguished Chair of Education, University of Wisconsin&#8211;Madison School of Education<br><br><b>Meira Levinson</b> is a professor of education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where she also serves as a graduate fellowship program codirector in the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics and as a coconvener of the Civic and Moral Education Initiative. <b>Jacob Fay</b> is a visiting assistant professor of education at Bowdoin College. <b>Margot Stern Strom</b> is the founder of the nonprofit educational organization Facing History and Ourselves. <b>Adam Strom</b> is the director of Re-Imaging Migration. About the Author Meira Levinson is a professor of education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and former middle school teacher in the Atlanta and Boston Public Schools.Jacob Fay is doctoral student and member of the Early Career Scholars' Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.