Case Description: "Politics, Partisanship, and Pedagogy: What Should be Controversial in the Classroom?" probes the challenges that emerge when teachers must balance competing democratic commitments to educating critical thinkers who engage with diverse viewpoints, on the one hand, and instilling common civic values, on the other. The case focuses on Northern High School's tenth grade social studies team as they debate potential topics for an upcoming project, the Power of Persuasion. In deciding whether to prompt students to openly debate Donald Trump's proposal to create a registry for new Muslim immigrants, Northern's social studies teachers must weigh their commitments to professional neutrality, civic education, democratic values like religious freedom and respect for persons, and students' social-emotional well-being.