A rising tide raises all boats. However, it is hard to guarantee equal outcomes in education when students are not starting from the same place, nor are they exposed to the same quality of instruction ...

Dakari Quimby, PhD, is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at the University of Southern California. Equality means everyone gets the same regardless of need. Equity ...

Health equity and health equality both aim to improve outcomes and increase access to services, especially for underserved populations and marginalized groups. Equity and equality in healthcare are ...

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 ...

To Kevin Tice, whose letter dismissing the concept of equity vs. equality argues that failing to treat every individual the same at all times equates in unacceptable discrimination, regardless of the ...

The Reading Eagle‘s July 11 edition featured coverage of critical race theory on the state, county and local levels. Wilson School Board Vice President Stephanie Kocher was quoted as saying that the ...

“Equity” and “equality.” Are they the same? How do they differ? Equity by definition is the quality of being fair and impartial. Equality is the state of being equal, especially in status, rights and ...

Darrin McMahon’s essay interestingly traces the evolution of “equality” and “equity” but overlooks “equity’s” association with merit. Darrin McMahon’s essay interestingly traces the evolution of ...

Re “Equality must trump ‘equity’” (Feb. 5): I recommend that Mr. Boddie add America’s universities to those calling the shots on reordering society. They are the source of the ideas that prop up this ...

The concept of “equality” is an excellent one, especially when applied to opportunity. Equality of opportunity is at the core of what this nation was founded upon. The concept of “equity,” on the ...

With the recent publicity regarding the “Lancaster County Racial Equity Profile” released by YWCA Lancaster, I’d like to remind readers that equity and equality are not synonyms. There appears to be ...