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equity &
personalized learning


equity provides a powerful reason to personalize learning for students, and it requires us to reimagine the systems that are not supporting the success of all students.

  • equity provides a powerful reason for why educators personalize learning for students.
  • equity is not an inherent part of personalized learning.
  • there are systems that were designed to be inequitable; these can and must be redesigned.
what is equity?

equity is when every student is

empowered

to be successful and access the same opportunities.

how is equity different from equality?

equality means that everyone gets

the exact same thing

in school that might be the same assignments, time in class, or assessment.

equity is when everyone gets

the support they need

to be successful. in school this might be more teacher support in a class or a different kind of assessment.

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equity provides a powerful reason for why educators personalize learning for students

providing every student with the support they need to be successful with grade-level content turns equity into a powerful purpose for personalizing learning. that purpose empowers the instructional tactics and classroom models teachers use to more personalize learning for students. if equity is the driving purpose, then a teacher may opt not to use a flipped classroom model because they recognize that all students cannot yet access digital information at home. the most powerful resource a teacher has is their time. equity as a purpose calls on educators to distribute their time based on student need. small group instruction becomes more than a tactic; it is the way teachers equitably distribute their time, by providing more individual support to the students who need it the most. 

self reflection prompt

there are many reasons why educators personalize learning. common reasons related to equity include:

reason i:

addressing student outcomes: measurable outcomes show that students are not leaving a grade or school at the same level.

reason ii:

closing the opportunity gap: there are systemic issues, such as race, zip code, and family socioeconomic status, that create opportunities for some students and limit them for others.

reason iii:

dismantling structural oppression: there are systems, both historical and contemporary, that are designed to limit opportunities and advancement for certain groups of people.

reason iv:

honoring cultural capital: schools and learning standards are often designed to value dominant white culture over that of minorities. 

read more:

tntp, "the opportunity myth" 

teach for america, “why we say ‘opportunity gap’ instead of ‘achievement gap’”

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equity is not an inherent part of personalized learning.

personalized learning and equity are not the same thing. while personalized learning can be a powerful tool when working for educational equity, equity is not an inherent part of personalized learning. simply using a station-rotation model will not automatically lead to more equitable outcomes for students. if teachers better meet the needs of their highest-performing students without spending more time supporting their lowest-performing students, then schools increase the risk that the opportunity gap widens. when equity is the reason for personalized learning and informs a teacher’s classroom practices, that risk not only diminishes but we also create an opportunity to better support the success of all students.

 

another perspective:

design thinking is a problem-solving process that is used by many innovative companies, including 瑞士vs喀麦隆亚盘赔率 . the stanford d.school took the idea of design thinking and intentionally added an equity focus. check-out their approach here: equity-centered design framework

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there are systems that were designed to be inequitable; these can and must be redesigned.

gaps in opportunity and learning are the result of systems that were designed to be inequitable. there are clear examples of systems that were designed to be inequitable from recent history, such as redlining, school segregation, and poll taxes. these systems were designed to provide less opportunity to and disempower communities of color, particularly black communities. while it is easy to point to historical examples, it is harder to look critically at those systems in place today. it requires even more energy to redesign those systems, often because we are a part of them. and educational equity will not be achieved if we focus solely on the academic supports we provide students. a singular focus on the extra support schools provide certain students unfairly implies there is something wrong with them. it suggests that the only problem to solve is the “student problem” rather than the system that failed to support them. equity requires educators to put more effort into redesigning the systems that were designed to the advantage of the dominant white culture. this means taking a hard look at policies such as grading, classroom management, discipline, curriculum, and staffing, just to name a few.

self reflection prompt i:

how does our current state assessment system advantage some students over others?

self reflection prompt ii:

how does the local-funding structure of public education advantage wealthy communities over impoverished communities?

self reflection prompt iii:

how do discipline policies disadvantage certain students and families?

self reflection prompt iv:

how does the traditional “i do, we do, you do” model advantage some students but not others?

self reflection prompt v:

how might we redesign these systems to be more equitable?

diversity

which best describes you?

i have some experience engaging work around diversity.

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i am leading efforts around diversity in personalized learning.

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inclusion

which best describes you?

i have some experience engaging work around inclusion.

start here

 

i am leading efforts around inclusion in personalized learning.

start here

the big picture

 

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