I wonder if Ms. Guider (Your Views from Oct. 1) understands the difference between equity and equality. She extols the virtues of DEI while that concept is shown to be divisive and racially motivated ...

The words equality and equity often get used interchangeably, but they have quite different meanings. Equality is an objective term — it means just what it implies and there is little room for debate.

“It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.” – Audre Lorde With the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on Affirmative Action, I am ...

For the past year, the discussion of DEI within UNC System institutions has been a major topic of conversation. Rumors of removal circulated all last year, until Wednesday when the Board of Governors ...

E quity has become a familiar term on American college campuses in recent years, as well as a flash point in the nation’s culture wars. Centers for teaching and learning embrace it, as do institutes ...

Senator and avowed socialist Bernie Sanders struggled to explain the difference between "equity" and "equality" on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher" Friday night, in an exchange that has gone viral ...

Vice President Kamala Harris, now the Democratic nominee for president, has pushed an "equity" over "equality" message as part of the Biden administration's policies, something she also spoke about as ...

It would have been easy for Harvard President Claudine Gay to cite Carol Swain’s scholarship in her own work (“Claudine Gay and My Scholarship,” op-ed, Dec. 18), but Ms. Gay decided not to. She ...

The Education Week Spotlight on Inclusion & Equity is a collection of articles hand-picked by our editors for their insights on gender and racial disparities in districts’ top positions, the key ...

In George Orwell’s allegorical novel Animal Farm, the animals conspire to take control of their farm from the uncaring humans. In the process, they attempt to avoid the typical horrible behavior of ...

The words "equity" and "equality" as used today are indeed different. Equality refers to equal opportunities, while equity now means equal outcomes. Big difference. Many of us believe in equality, ...