E quity has become a familiar term on American college campuses in recent years, as well as a flash point in the nation’s culture wars. Centers for teaching and learning embrace it, as do institutes ...

Equity-based education, also referred to as educational equity or equity in education, has been implemented in schools across the country to give each student the opportunity to succeed, but critics ...

Jamie Wallace and Elaine V. Howes are co-editors of the book Culturally Responsive and Sustaining Science Teaching: Teacher Research and Investigation from Today’s Classrooms: The terms “equity” and ...

In George Orwell’s allegorical novel Animal Farm, the animals conspire to take control of their farm from the uncaring humans. In the process, they attempt to avoid the typical horrible behavior of ...

I appreciated and used the voter guide that the Journal-World provided for the recent primary election. I was distressed, though, to see that one of the questions provided to school board candidates ...

I am responding to Kevin Tice’s recent letter on equity. Tice wrote: “The concept of equity is literally discrimination whereby one group is favored and treated differently than another group.” Here ...

Three people of different heights stand on identical crates to watch a baseball game from beyond the outfield wall. As the two tallest spectators gaze contentedly over the fence, the shortest slumps ...

“It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.” – Audre Lorde With the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on Affirmative Action, I am ...

Senator Bernie Sanders (I) whipped up a myriad of reactions from the American right on Friday night with his appearance on Bill Maher’s Real Time on HBO. While Sanders sat with Maher for a one-on-one ...

What does an equitable workplace look like when all employees aren’t physically in the same workplace? It’s a question companies have been grappling with, and it’s currently receiving renewed ...

The definition of equity in dictionaries is the quality of giving equal treatment to everyone while still acknowledging the differences between individuals. In this sense, equity means fairness in the ...