Equity in Education

Equity in opportunity in education is how I see equity in education being defined.  Opportunities aren't afforded to everyone equally.  Opportunities that are markers along the path of what this society deems as success.  Socioeconomics can very much be the demarcation of opportunities.

In knowing this, how can a teacher or a school be responsible for prior knowledge or having the support needed for that success to be afforded?  What they can recognize are the funds of knowledge that a family does have and can bring if allotted the opportunity by the school to participate.  If a school would look at their families as rich in experiences, stories, and abilities, rather than poor, we might be able to make headway.

If schools would look at children and expect HIGH standards and provide the rigor, than maybe less excuses would be made.  If schools would put their best principals and best teachers in the "poorest" schools for two or three years would we see a shift in how community is built?  Would we see more parent involvement, higher standards, more rigor?

We KNOW integrated, diverse schools are most successful, yet our schools can sometimes get isolated into high poverty...but what factors in these schools are not providing the same results on science fair projects or extra-curricular than a more economically affluent school?  What is the puzzle piece missing??  Folks would say, it's the family involvement factor...than why aren't more families part of the equation in making these schools successful?