Welcome to the Ethics and Education podcast from the Center for Ethics and Education. We host conversations with philosophers, educators, and researchers about ethical issues in education. This podcast is part of a curricular project that includes free study guides about our episodes. Get in touch; we'd love to hear from you.

The Center for Ethics and Education is based at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. 

Producer: Carrie Welsh

Theme music by Podington Bear.

What is a charter school? Philosophy professor (and director of the Center for Ethics and Education) and UW-Madison undergrad (and undergraduate project assistant at the Center) Grace Gecewicz host this episode about a type of school that everyone seems to have an opinion about. Find out who the strange bedfellows were that came up with the idea of charter schools, and learn to ask the right questions about the effects of charter schools. Featuring scholars Erica Turner (Educational Policy Studies, UW-Madison) and Gina Schouten (Philosophy, Harvard University)

Produced by Carrie Welsh and Grace Gecewicz. Edited by Kellen Sharp.

Music by Bad Snacks. Theme music by Podington Bear.

What ethical compromises do students make when they seek upward mobility through education? We talk with Professor Jennifer Morton about her new book, Moving Up Without Losing Your Way: The Ethical Costs of Upward Mobility (2019). Morton is an associate professor of philosophy at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and a senior fellow at the Center for Ethics and Education.

This audio is paired with free, downloadable curricular materials to use in undergrad and graduate education classes. Visit our website for more info.

Audio Transcript

Recorded October 2019.

Produced by Carrie Welsh and Grace Gecewicz. Mixed and edited by Kellen Sharp. Theme music by Podington Bear.