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Equity vs Equality

What is Equity?

by Vicki Sedlack, Executive Director of AEF

Equity is a word we hear a lot these days, even more so since the pandemic.

But what exactly is equity? How do we achieve it? And how do we know if we have?

It is easier to say what equity is not, and it is not equality. The illustration below is often used to make this distinction.

But does this illustration truly depict equity?

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bicycle for student

AEF Teacher Mini Grant Makes an Impact

AEF recently awarded a mini grant to AUSD student support services to purchase a bicycle for a student in need. Here’s the scoop from the program manager:

“AUSD’s Coordination of Services team is so proud of the way this student has begun the school year—so positively! She recently got a job and she really wants to arrive at school and work on time this year. She mentioned to our attendance clerk that she is frustrated that she doesn’t have a lot of say of when she gets places,

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