1. Equalizing Educational Opportunities for Students
Filling the gap
Equalizing Educational Opportunities for Students

2. My personal journey in education

3. Class pictures

5. The meaning of equity

7. The History of educational equity

8. Ruling Class
Worker Class VS

9. Benjamin Franklin in The Proposals Related to Youth in Pennsylvania in 1749
“Almost all governments have therefore made it a principal object of their attention, to establish and endow with proper revenues, such seminaries of learning, as might supply the succeeding age with men [and women] qualified to serve the publick with honour to themselves, and to their country.”

10. THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN INEQUITY

11. Three major reform movements
Equity-based
School Choice
Standard-based

12. Education as a human right

13. ”You should not be able to enter a hospital ward[…]of new born babies and predict with near certainty on the basis of their class, background, and race where these kids, these healthy new born babies are going to end of up in life.”
Dr. William Julius Wilson

14. Article 26 of the universal declaration of human rights
(1) Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit.
(2) Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace.
(3) Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children.

15. The other America
Adjusting to a changing nation

17. G.A.P. (Game-Altering position)
Where you start determines where you finish

21. Challenges of this Generation
Poverty
Race
English Language Learners

22. In need of a new model

24. Resources A New Majority
Update-Low-Income-Students-Now.aspx
The Iceberg Effect Report
Equity and Excellence Commission Report
Race for Results Report
The Condition of Education 2015

25. Think-pair-share
Group Processing Activity

26. Clockbuddies 12 9 3 6

27. 12 o’Clock Question
How can teacher preparation programs and professional development be used to better address equity?

28. 3’O’clock question
What role do teachers, schools, and districts play in responding to the most persistent needs of students?

29. 6 O’clock question
In a politically contentious environment, how can we make educational equity a priority in the policy realm?

30. 9 o’clock question
What would an ideal school look like that truly equalizes educational opportunities for all students? (i.e. staffing, resources, class size, etc.)