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Equity in Education

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Equity in Education

Education Equity has become a more serious problem than ever for democratic

countries, with an increasingly varied student population from various ethnic, social, and

economic origins. Equality in education is a multifaceted subject that spans early childhood

to postsecondary education. Families from different social, ethnic, and economic

backgrounds, for example, live and raise their children in my neighborhood. I am a teacher in

a neighborhood school. The school accepts students from a variety of socio-economic and

racial backgrounds. Their intellectual and emotional requirements are not all the same.

The purpose of the essay is to find answers to the following questions:

What are some of the problems facing the equity movement?

What are some equity issues of my neighborhood that transcend into my classroom?

Students from low-income homes may experience malnutrition, homelessness, tense

and mentally ill parents, and undetected health problems due to America's weak government

aid (Grossman et al., 2021). While parents' breakup, violence, harassment, negligence, and

drug or alcohol addiction, can exist in any family, students from lower-income households

encounter these more. Bias against a community and intentional discrimination, racism,

violent acts, and stigmatization affect some students of color, immigrants, ESL, and

transgender people both in and out of school. To achieve educational equality, educationalists

recommend creating a supportive education program that fulfills every student's social and

emotional needs. An inclusive education policy catering to the needs of the child's physical,

social, emotional, and cognitive well-being can bring solutions to equity challenges.

Multicultural education comprises content integration and the knowledge formation

technique. It includes equality in education and instilling human values in society by

discouraging stereotypical behavior and thinking in students. These criteria create educational

equity in a school. When students feel a sense of belonging, they are more willing to
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participate in the learning process. Inclusive education is an ongoing search for better ways to

cope with diversity. It is about learning from and accepting differences. Inclusive education

aims to go along with the support of neighborhoods, parents, teachers, and education experts.

It integrates the administrators of the state, regional, and school levels, policymakers and

people from healthcare, child welfare, and social services, and members of marginalized

groups at risk of exclusion. (Ainscow, 2020). Thus the overall development of students is

possible when the learning atmosphere fulfills the needs of the students.

My classroom consists of

immigrant non-English students, native English students, and learners from different

ethnicity. My teaching philosophy aims to embrace students from diverse groups and their

cultures in the classroom. I gladly support them in language learning inside and outside. I

suggest techniques for enhancing study skills and time management skills. I utilize every

occasion to raise consciousness about stereotypes during teaching, either from learning

resources or the learners. I motivate students to think freely, pose questions, show courage,

and confront challenges. By encouraging students to share their culture and opinions, I try to

create an inclusive classroom setting. Pupils in my class decorate the classroom walls with

different cultural images.

To sum up, equity in education encounters many challenges. Challenges cannot

discourage, always, they can motivate children to learn, provided the equity in education is

real. It is crucial to develop a network with key players who can help with the change. An

appreciative socio-cultural environment and support from school administration, teachers,

and peers encourage development and learning.

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References

Ainscow, M., 2020. Inclusion and equity in education: Making sense of global

challenges. PROSPECTS, 49(3-4), pp.123-134.Banks, J. A. (2015). Cultural Diversity

and Education: Foundations, Curriculum, and Teaching (6th ed.). Routledge.

Grossman, J.B. et al., 2021. Educational equity: Solutions through social and emotional well-

being. MDRC. Available at: https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED614041.