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When Disasters Strike, Restoring PreK-12 Education is a Priority
Equity in education is doing whatever it takes to ensure all students master at a minimum the state standards in literacy, mathematics and other content areas. When a disaster strikes, we must rush in and provide whatever it takes to ensure our children’s education continues on track. We learned from COVID what happens when their…
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The System Is Designed for Poor Student Achievement
The system is perfectly designed to achieve the results we are getting. Have you heard that sentiment before? If you are an educator, you mostly likely have heard a similar statement when talking about student achievement results or continuous improvement planning. Public education in our country is largely designed to sort students and provide differing…
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Increasing Equity in the Next School Year
Are you planning right now for how you will increase equity in your school next year? How will take significant steps towards ensuring all students achieve at high levels? As the 2022-23 school year comes to a close, a flurry of activities are happening in schools and districts as they prepare for the 2023-24 school…
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Equity Is Denied When Blame Is Cast
Blaming others or circumstances prevents us from creating equity in our schools. Equity in our schools is defined by doing whatever it takes to ensure all students master grade level standards. For some students that means providing more supports than others may need. That is okay. That is equity. (For a more in-depth definition of…
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School Choice Does Not Guarantee Equity
School Choice Does Not Solve Our Equity Problem Educational equity is doing whatever it takes to ensure each child masters the grade level standards set by the state in which they live. When equity in education has been achieved, all students will demonstrate proficiency in literacy, mathematics and other content standards set by their home…
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With Equity There Are No Lessor Scholars
With Equity There Are No Lessor Scholars Isabel Wilkerson in her enlightening Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents names the eight pillars of caste systems. Number eight is “Inherent Superiority versus Inherent Inferiority.” This system raises its ugly head in our schools when our programs create lessor scholars based on how children arrive at school.…
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Does School District Size Matter for Equity?
Do large school districts prohibit equity for students? Would having smaller school districts ensure equity for students?
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Do We Really Need Equity in Schools?
To answer this question, we have to start with the question what do we want our schools to accomplish? Why do our schools exist? As a country, do we really want all students to master rigorous, grade level standards? Is that our goal for our public education system? Or are we okay with some students…