Equity Is A Standard Of Practice

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Equity is a standard of practice

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Categories: Leadership, Reaching all students, School leadership, Standards for Professional Learning

June 2022

The practice of equity in education isn’t new, but the application of the word equity is still in its infancy. Even though I was always an equitable practitioner, I had no word to apply to what I was doing as a teacher and as a principal, which was meeting my students where they were and as they were. I watched the word equity take off like a rocket beginning around 2012. From there, I watched it soar to the extent that it’s probably the No. 1 topic in education conversations today. This increased emphasis on equity is a good thing, but it is also polarizing. Some districts, schools, and educators, as well as legislators, want no part of it. I have had a small number

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