Dilemmas of Educational Ethics: Cases and Commentaries

Synopsis

Dilemmas Of Educational Ethics Introduces A New Interdisciplinary Approach To Achieving Practical Wisdom In Education, One That Honors The Complexities Inherent In Educational Decision Making And Encourages Open Discussion Of The Values And Principals We Should Collectively Be Trying To Realize In Educational Policy And Practice-- Introduction -- Promotion Or Retention? -- Rocky Choices : Scientific Inquiry, Discipline, And Mental Illness At Rivers Elementary -- Stolen Trust : Cell Phone Theft In A Zero-tolerance High School -- Inflated Expectations : How Should Teachers Assign Grades? -- Is Pandering Ethical Policy? : Power, Privilege, And School Assignment -- How, If At All, Should Charters Be Compared To Local Districts? -- Engaging With Dilemmas. Edited By Meira Levinson, Jacob Fay. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 225-239) And Index.