What Does Equity Require Of Me?

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What does equity require of me?

By Tammie Causey-Konaté

Categories: Collaboration, Equity, Learning systems/planning

Multiple pandemics, including COVID-19, systemic racism, and the opioid crisis, and other international emergencies have laid bare longstanding inequities that have made access to a high-quality education out of reach for too many historically marginalized students. Moreover, research reveals that education leaders often perpetuate, even if unintentionally, the very inequities that the public relies on them to dismantle (Khalifa, 2018; Theoharis, 2009; Green, 2016). We need to reform and reinvent the education systems and practices that we have inherited. To do so, education leaders must commit to enacting a bold vision of all — not just some — students thriving. They need opportunities and support to develop and implement that vision. The “Do the Right Thing” Equity Inquiry Cycle is a systems approach to professional

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Tammie Causey-Konaté

Senior Technical Assistance Consultant at American Institutes for Research (AIR) | + posts

Tammie Causey-Konaté (tcausey@air.org) is educational equity senior advisor & senior technical assistance consultant, Center on Great Teachers and Leaders at the American Institutes for Research.