Equity in Our Schools

Supporting equity in our schools so that all students master rigorous content.

This blog is a place for reflection on our practice as educators, in a public K to 12 education system, as we learn to use equity in our classrooms, our schools, and our districts in order to achieve equality in outcomes with all our students graduating high school college and/or career ready.

Category: Equity

achievement gap, Education, Equity, high expectations, mastering rigorous content, remedial work

December 8, 2022

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.…
deficit thinking, Education, equality, Equity, mastering rigorous content

August 25, 2022

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…