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Report from the Equity and Excellence Commission

"June Jordan School for Equity (JJSE) is a small high school located in the Excelsior neighborhood of San Francisco. Named after writer and activist June Jordan, whom Alice Walker called "the universal poet." JJSE's mission is to preparea young people in three key areas Community: We live with respect, integrity, courage, and humility. Social justice: We stand against oppression and work to create positive change in ourselves and our communities. independent thinkers: We develop ourselves intellectuals with the skills we need to succeed."

Equity and Full Participation for Individuals with Severe Disabilities A Vision for the Future edited by Martin Agran, Ph.D. University of Wyoming, Laramie

"EdChange is a team of passionate, experienced, established, educators dedicated to equity, diversity, multiculturalism, and social justice. With this shared vision, we have joined to collaborate in order to develop resources, workshops, and projects that contribute to progressive change in ourselves, our schools, and our society."

"The National Equity Project addresses opportunity gaps to improve learning and education outcomes for all students."

"Our Mission: Rethinking Schools is a nonprofit publisher and advocacy organization dedicated to sustaining and strengthening public education through social justice teaching and education activism. Our magazine, books, and other resources promote equity and racial justice in the classroom. We encourage grassroots efforts in our schools and communities to enhance the learning and well being of our children, and to build broad democratic movements for social and environmental justice."

"Search SWIFT Shelf to find research articles, issue briefs, papers, reports, assessment tools, and more about current issues in equity-based inclusive education."

some good ideas we may want to use in our equity discussions

some other good equity resources

Schoolwide Integrated Framework for Transformation (SWIFT) is a national K-8 center providing academic and behavioral support to promote the learning and academic achievement of all students, including those with the most extensive needs. SWIFT advances equity and excellence for ALL through the promotion of five core domain areas to support grade level academic and social learning: Administrative Leadership Family and Community Partnership Inclusive Education Framework Inclusive Policy Structure and Practice. Multi-Tiered Systems of Support One of six nationally recognized SWIFT Knowledge Development Sites, the Dr. William W. Henderson Inclusion Elementary School in Dorchester, MA, is featured in this film and highlights some of the SWIFT domains and accompanying features.

Our mission is to bridge research and practice by framing important issues, producing and disseminating new research and distilling the implications for action by decision makers. The AGI promotes excellence with equity as the defining goal. Not only should there be group proportional equality-where group-level characteristics such as race or socioeconomic status have no bearing on an individual's educational achievement-there should also be excellence

tracking, ability g rouping and equity article

"Bridging Research and Practice by framing issues, producing and disseminating research and distilling implications for decision makers in an emergent movement for excellence with equity."

UCLA School Mental Health Project newsletter from March 2013

A Boston Public School, serving children K1 - Grade 5, and their families. Haley Pilot School Core Values~       Engagement: For every student to be motivated to learn through memorable experiences and connections to community.       Community:  For every student and their family to be understood, respected and engaged.      Equity:  For our instruction to be inclusive yet different based on students' individual strengths and needs.

SWIFT is a national center focused on providing academic and behavioral support for all students, including those with the most extensive needs. The mission of the SWIFT Center is to assist districts and their schools to engage in a transformational process in concert with their families and communities to achieve equity and excellence for all students.

Jeannie Oakes is director of Education and Scholarship for the Ford Foundation. Until Fall 2008, she was Presidential Professor in Educational Equity at the University of California, Los Angeles. She also directs UCLA's Institute for Democracy, Education & Access (IDEA), which offers new ways for public research universities to engage urban communities. S

" work in partnership to support state and local school systems in across the United States. eliminate achievement disparities, develop inclusive learning environments, uphold the civil rights of students, and harness the power of family and community involvement in schools. "

"The project's findings focus on three key areas: the disparity in outcomes between more-educated and less-educated Americans; weaknesses in America's K-12 education system; and several promising interventions that could serve as a starting point for education reform."