School Choice for Leaders
February 01, 2026
Ethical Educator
Scenario:
A high school senior with a good academic record and strong extracurriculars is applying to a few highly selective colleges. The major he intends to pursue is highly competitive, so he wants to apply instead as a linguistics major, as founder of the school鈥檚 Linguistics Club, hoping this gets him admitted before switching to his desired major, a not uncommon applicant strategy. The student鈥檚 guidance counselor, aware of this intention, is asked to write a letter of recommendation. She鈥檚 uncomfortable with the deception. How ought she proceed?
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The Ethical Educator panel consists of
- Sheldon H. Berman, author of Implementing Social-Emotional Learning: Insights from School Districts鈥� Successes and Setbacks.
- Susan Enfield, executive director, University of Washington鈥檚 Center for Educational Leadership, Seattle, Wash.
- Arthur Schwartz, president, ; and
- Maria G. Ott, Irving R. and Virginia A. Melbo chair in education administration, University of Southern California.
Each month, School Administrator draws on actual circumstances to raise an ethical decision-making dilemma in K-12 education. Our distinguished panelists provide their own resolutions to each dilemma.
Do you have a suggestion for a dilemma to be considered?
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