CMS Board of Education proposed revisions to Equity Policy unacceptable!

The proposed changes to the Equity Policy eliminate two crucial elements of the policy. The new policy would eliminate baseline standards for educational resources and standards for all schools, and remove the mandate for a citizen committee "to help facilitate the annual analysis of the provision of equal access to excellent educational opportunities for all its students in all its schools."

Mecklenburg ACTS proposes modifications to equity policy

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Equity

May 9, 2006 the Board endorsed the Equity Committee's definition of "equity."It reads in full:

Equity is the condition in which each student is able to realize his/her full potential for academic achievement, individual performance, and personal success. Equity requires an on-going process to allocate resources to each school so that each student has access to rigorous academic challenges and an environment that promotes high expectations. An equal allocation of baseline resources is the first step toward equity, but equity requires much more. Equity requires a differentiation of resources among all schools to enable every school to meet the unique needs of each student.

Equity Redefined?
Superintendent Gorman discusses the meaning of equity in his blog of March 26, 2007. Is Dr. Gorman redefining equity in CMS? Read his comments >>

In January 2007, CMS released its "Report on Adequate Resources and Facilities". Mecklenburg ACTS careful review of the document uncovered a multitude of problems from its relabeling "equity" as adequacy to the presentation of inaccurate or misleading data.

ACTS presentation to the CMS Equity Committee, June 1, 2007. summary >>

Equity Not Adequacy Needed >>

Equity Report Pulled >>

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