At the bottom of the story in the DePaulia (regarding Carol’s lecture) you may have noticed a disclaimer. It states that several members of our class also hold key editorial functions for the school paper, including editor and managing editor.

In our class we recently discussed the ethical question: if the paper decided to cover Carol’s speech, what should those students who will be graded by us do?  Should they have a role in what is reported? What is edited? The headline? The placement in the paper or the web?

It’s the kind of discussion we’ve been having in almost every class.  And to our great delight it is what students say they like most about each class period.

It was their decision to, in this case, include a disclaimer. But our decision to claim they are learning their lessons well!