Equity for all students requires acknowledging and disrupting traditional notions of power and hierarchies and taking a collective responsibility for correcting existing systems and structures.
Not exact matches
It's this sort of stark disparity that has propelled the UFT to fight
for charter
equity legislation in Albany that
requires taxpayer - funded charters to accept and keep numbers of high - needs
students comparable to those in district public schools.
Micro-schools do not typically focus on basic literacy and numeracy, which does not bode well
for democratizing access, as both scaling and
equity require accepting
students with a broad range of experiences and incoming abilities.
«New approaches in education — including setting higher state standards, measuring
students» progress, and
requiring schools to improve — haven't fully addressed issues of
equity for all
students,» that report said.
We believe that stakeholder engagement
requires collaboration and should be meaningful: it should be inclusive, clear, effective, and ongoing in order to support educational
equity and excellence, especially
for our most vulnerable
students and schools.
ESSA has provisions in place to hold states accountable
for monitoring educational
equity, and the act
requires schools to disclose the number of low income
students and
students of color that are placed into classrooms with «ineffective, out - of - field, and inexperienced teachers.»
Barton and Larson summarize, «Leading
for equity is hard, yet inspiring, work: It
requires thoughtful and bold conversations about race and poverty, close examination of policies and practices, and astute attention to a variety of data and evidence of
student achievement, progress, and success.
Equity and Funding Due to different abilities, backgrounds, and preparation, some
students require additional educational resources to achieve comparable standards and to develop the skills necessary
for success.
And while a new report by Scholastic on principals and teachers» views on education
equity describes that overwhelmingly, educators agree that
equity in education
for all children should be a national priority, it is also evident that such leadership
requires clarity around the nuances of what it means to provide
students a well - rounded education — regardless of race, national origin, immigration status, gender identity, disability, or religion.
These LEAs are making
equity and access a priority and aim to prepare each
student to master the content and skills
required for college - and career - readiness, provide each
student the opportunity to pursue a rigorous course of study, and accelerate and deepen
students» learning through attention to their individual needs.
• The Intentionality of School Leadership Effectiveness • Critical Leadership Questions
for Inspiring Schoolwide Excellence (THE PRINCIPAL 50) • Your Leadership is the Number One Determinant of Your School's Success • Extraordinary Results
Require an Extraordinary Attitude • Diversity, Race and
Equity: Considering All of the Learners • Positioning Your
Students for Greatness!
And, in some cases, those startups
require students to give up «
equity» in themselves (which works like a loan, sometimes with interest), a model that may work
for companies but has yet to prove itself when it comes to supporting individuals.