equity Archives

Schools as Equitable Communities of Inquiry

We wrote this chapter several years ago, in response to a request from the Sitra Foundation in Finland that we envision the school of the future. The chapter is dated in some respects, but apart from minimal updates and revisions for clarity, it appears here as written.

Getting Into the Heartset with Marisol Quevedo Rerucha

Nikki Hinostro talks with author Marisol Quevedo Rerucha about building a culture of equity, connection, and healing

They Have a Point…

I want to tell you a story. It’s a story about innovation. It’s a story about improvement. It’s a story about equity.

Kaleb & Rob’s Fireside Chats Part 1: Where They’re Coming From

High Tech High Interim CEO Kaleb Rashad and co-founder Rob Riordan sit down to talk about what they were doing BEFORE High Tech High, and how it shaped their philosophy of education

What Did You Learn in School?

This is a story about the lessons White boys learn in school. Or at least it’s about what I learned in school- about race and class and gender and what we do or don’t owe each other.

(In)Equity by Design

Sixth graders explored data related to their own phenotype data through the lens of major moments in U.S. history.

Mind The Gap

During the next six weeks, students examined income inequality, gender inequality, and …

Staff Class to the Past

Have you ever wanted to go back in time to meet someone from the past? Fifty-six eighth …

Moral Courage Project

n this project my middle school students go on a self-exploration journey through …

Weaving Equity Work & Improvement Work

Adelric McCain (Network for College Success) and Xiomara Padamsee (Promise 54) explore the intersections of equity and improvement while sharing stories, wisdom and wobbles from their own journeys to integrate the two.

Dr. Brandi Hinnant-Crawford & Dr. Luke Wood at Gates CoP NSI

Dr. Brandi Hinnant-Crawford and Dr. Luke Wood in conversation about liberation and improvement

Swimming Against the Current: Resisting White Dominant Culture

Practical advice for “walking the walk” in equity-focused improvement work

Who’s Involved, Who’s Impacted?

Dr. Brandi Hinnant-Crawford explains about how equity is part of the improvement process

Leading Equity Center & Promise54 at Deeper Learning

UnSuk Zucker of Promise54 and Sheldon Eakins of Leading Equity Center discuss their upbringings paved a path to fighting for educational equity

“We start the year in the Forbidden City”: the ETU School Story

When her work for the Gates Foundation brought her to Beijing, Yinuo Li couldn’t find a school she was excited to send her kids to, so she founded one.

We, Not They

Dr. Luke Wood discusses how educators can change their perspective by changing their language.

The Six Equity Stances of Liberatory Project-Based Learning

The Six Equity Stances of Liberatory Project-Based Learning creates a way to identify, challenge, and critique the social forces that reproduce inequity and oppression.

United Way’s Lindsay Fox: Changing the World by Listening

Lindsay Fox talks about how to listen to people so that you understand what they actually need, and want from you…

Eva Mejia on Improvement Networks for Equity

Stacey Caillier interviews Eva Mejia, Chief Program & Strategy Officer at Big Picture Learning, about why for her, “improvement” and “equity” are inseparable