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Everyone is talking about equity. Here's how experts define the term and analyze its impact within Indianapolis. It's not the same as equality.
News Brief Wednesday, March 9, 2022 — 9:31 am Equity must be part of how we define quality in early learning, one report says Quality is a term that gets bandied about a lot in the national discourse ...
How? Through “development equity”—a concept I defined to reflect the growing demand for greater diversity of thought, capabilities, and experiences in organizations and their leadership.
Pursuing equity—however it’s defined—has become a rallying cry for K-12 educators and advocates alike. More than half of America’s 50 million students today are nonwhite, and a growing ...
Columbia City Council voted 5-1, with Fifth Ward councilperson Donald Waterman dissenting, to keep the city’s original definition of “equity” in its strategic plan instead of omitting diversity, ...
Saldaña is also optimistic about creating a definition for equity, noting that the district paid for a two-year study in 2007 that can be used as a base for discussion.
Stop! Why the mis-definition of student equity needs to end Laura Ascione November 25, 2016 A new look at barriers to students getting the resources they need to succeed starts with defining equity ...
WASHINGTON — In his first days in office, President Biden has devoted more attention to issues of racial equity than any new president since Lyndon B. Johnson, a focus that has cheered civil ...