Just in case anyone was wondering why “equity” is such a big word these days…
The term is being hijacked by the US DOE and corporate education reformers with the Every Student Succeeds Act…
Everyone is talking about equity these days…
But what it is supposed to mean and what the corporate education reformers want it to mean are two different things…
Equity means those with more needs get more resources…
Equity means charter schools can’t cherry-pick students…
Equity means the people decide what is equitable, not the corporations and foundations…
Equity means recognizing the very same corporations and foundations that created situations that are inequitable now want to talk about equity…
Be very wary of the word equity during Every Student Succeeds Act discussions at a state level…
I have many friends who live and breathe the word equity in its true meaning by they are being lured in like a mouse to a cat…
For those who truly want equity, fight for it, but do not make our children puppets for corporate profit…
True equity can happen now, not in some World’s Fair vision of the smart cities of tomorrow…
Competency-Based Education and Personalized Learning, whether it is flipped, blended, or personalized, is not equity, it is greed…
The ed tech poverty pimps have no more grasp of the word equity than they do education…
Their equity created turnaround schools and high-stakes tests…
Their equity disrespects educators and parents who stand up for their students and children…
Equity does not equal technology profits for those who prophet…
When it comes to children, all lives matter, those who are minority, special education, English Language learners, low-income, poverty, talented & gifted, or the average student, they all deserve equity in its purest form…
To truly understand equity, you need to read every single below link to understand their equity is not the same thing…
https://maec.org/our_work/educational-equity/
https://maec.org/res/e-learning/
http://www.competencyworks.org/about/who-we-are/
http://www.inacol.org/symposium/program-presenters/keynote-speakers/
http://www.inacol.org/symposium/2016-sponsors/
http://www.inacol.org/resource/access-and-equity-for-all-learners-in-blended-and-online-education/
http://www.globaleducationconference.com/page/sponsors-partners
http://www.promiseneighborhoodsinstitute.org/about-the-institute/what-we-do
http://www.promiseneighborhoodsinstitute.org/about-the-institute/our-funders
http://global.blogs.delaware.gov/2016/07/11/governor-markell-signs-crowdfunding-equity-law/
http://nc-sara.org/about/evolution-sara
http://gettingsmart.com/2016/06/equity-digital-games/
http://www.nxgentechroadmap.com/stateleadertable.html
http://www.edu2035.org/pdf/what_is_GEF.pdf
http://www.excelined.org/wp-content/uploads/FEIE_TaleOf3States-20Sep2016.pdf
http://gettingsmart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/SmartBundle-Fidelis-22Aug2016-1.pdf
http://www.smartcitiesweek.com/Meet-our-sponsors
http://www.smartcitiesweek.com//products
http://www.knowledgeworks.org/future-learning/forecast/smart-transactional-models
The Season Of Myths 
Isn’t the definition of equity: the value of a piece of property (such as a house) after any debts that remain to be paid for it (such as the amount of a mortgage) have been subtracted?
So when we speak of equity of students, aren’t we talking about the value they will give back to corporations (and society) after all costs of education have been deducted? So the less one spends on education, the greater the “equity” per student?
These aren’t children being discussed here. They are investments…..
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Of course, that is why we are seeing so many start up and hedge funds investing big in education. It is after all students as “human capital” that they see.
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The complete 1:1 digital transformation of Baltimore County Public Schools is based on “equity.” Lack of equal access to devices is the alleged reason for the achievement gap. Read about it here: https://statusbcps.wordpress.com/2016/08/14/excellence-through-equity/
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