Equity in

Education

What is equity?
In education, the term equity refers
to the principle of fairness.
Equity encompasses a wide variety
of educational models, programs and
strategies that may be considered
fair, but not necessarily equal.

 Equity is the process

Equity what is fair and just may
not, in the process of educating
students, reflect strict equality
what is applied, allocated, or
distributed equally

Social economic equity in

education
1. Income and class
-. Income played an important role in
shaping academic success.
-. Students who come from a family of
a higher socioeconomic status (SES)
are privileged with more
opportunities than those of lower
SES.
-. E.g: tutors, rigorous SAT/ ACT prep
classes, impressive programs,

 E.g: parents of a higher SES are more

willing to donate large sums of
money to a certain institution to
better improve their childs chances
of of acceptance, along with other
extravagant measures.
Creates an unfair advantage and
distinct class barrier.

Costs of education
Extraordinarily high cost of the many
prestigious high schools and
universities in the United States
makes an attempt at a "level playing
field" for all students not so level.
High-achieving low-income students
do not have the means to attend
selective schools that better prepare
a student for later success.

 low-income students do not even attempt to

apply to the top-tier schools for which they are
more than qualified.

Tracking

Tracking sorts students into different

classes or groups based on ability or
future plans.
The point of tracking is to create an
environment in which the student's
abilities match both the curriculum as well
as the other student's in the class.

 Starting at an extremely young age, the

sorting of students mimics hierarchy similar
to one which will form later on in life.
Students are both viewed and treated
differently depending on which track they
take.
Tracking stunts students who may develop the
ability to excel past their original placement.

Racial equity in education

Gender based Inequity in education is not just a phenomenon in
developing
countries.
A
New York Times
article
'
Teaching boys and girls separately' highlights how education
systems, especially public school systems, tend to segregate. Boys
and girls are often taught with different approach which programs
children to think that they are different and deserve different
treatment. However, studies show that boys and girls learn
differently and therefore should be taught differently. Boys learn
better when they are kept moving while girls learn better sitting in
one place with silence. Therefore, segregation of gender for this
reasoning promotes gender equity in education as both boys and
girls have optimized learning.