{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/60d26bfef623e8001966f412/6af3211a268f0de56a6c314d?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Educational Ethics in Independent Schools With Meira Levinson","description":"<p><strong>Episode 96: Educational Ethics in Independent Schools</strong></p><p><strong><em>With Meira Levinson</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Available November 10, 2026</strong></p><p><strong>What is the relationship between education and democracy, and what are the ethical complexities facing educators as they grapple with teaching dialogue and critical thinking skills in a time of discord and divides? Meira Levinson, political philosopher and scholar of educational ethics, sits down with host Morva McDonald for a conversation about how to engage students in a necessary exchange of ideas without encouraging potentially harmful debates.</strong></p><p><strong>Guest: Meira Levinson</strong></p><p><strong><em><u><a href=\"https://www.nais.org/resource-center/nais-podcasts/new-view-edu/episode-96-educational-ethics-in-independent-schools\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Resources, Transcript, and Expanded Show Notes</a></u></em></strong></p><p><strong><em>In This Episode:</em></strong></p><p><br></p><ul><li><strong>“I&#39;m interested in students as autonomous decision makers, right? Like thinking about how we help give power to students and give students a sense of agency. And how they can take that agency then into their adult lives. And again, it&#39;s our collective lives and how we structure that collectivity and who is thought to have power and who doesn&#39;t, and whose voice we respect and whose voice we don&#39;t, and so forth, that I think really helps to shape those opportunities for student voice making and helps to shape their own assessment of whether their exercise of voice matters.” (4:50)</strong></li><li>“Part of I think what&#39;s interesting actually, as we think about the aims of education with independent schools these days, is that this civic disruption, I think, is creating some challenging opportunities for schools to decide. So, like, as there is greater polarization and divide over some core values and principles about, you know, who we should be as a country or as a community, like what we stand for…Some schools that I&#39;ve been talking with have decided to kind of not necessarily double down, but to be really clear with themselves and with their families.” (13:23)</li><li>“One of the things that really struck me when I was a teacher and that has continued to strike me over the last 30 years is how little space we give to people who work in schools to be able to articulate and be honest about ethical uncertainty, and the kinds of values trade-offs that we face. There&#39;s so much pressure to articulate like ethical clarity and to say, you know, we&#39;re doing this because we are committed to that value, which suggests that doing something else means that you&#39;re like, you know, unethical, that you&#39;re not adhering to that value at all, and that there&#39;s no trade-offs. But everything that we decide to do actually involves values trade-offs.” (29:43)</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Related Episodes: </strong><u><a href=\"https://bit.ly/4iBe28C\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Shaping Future Citizens Through Dialogue</a></u>, <u><a href=\"https://bit.ly/4A2sehZ\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Good Conflict</a></u>, <u><a href=\"https://bit.ly/3ZlMWsQ\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Future of Inclusion</a></u>, <u><a href=\"https://bit.ly/4igE52y\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Schools in a Time of Hope and Cynicism</a></u>, <u><a href=\"https://bit.ly/4f5mARO\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Pluralism in Education</a></u>, <u><a href=\"https://bit.ly/3BXEU0J\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Wisdom Road</a></u>, <u><a href=\"https://bit.ly/4gi5VMc\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> Helping Students Shape Dynamic Futures</a></u>, <u><a href=\"https://bit.ly/3EyPGZy\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Opportunities and Obligations of Citizenship in K-12 Education</a></u></p>","author_name":"National Association of Independent Schools"}