Individualized accommodations for students with disabilities represent one version of equity, already mandated and implemented by law under frameworks labeled in terms of antidiscrimination, inclusion, or equality. They are invoked in discussions urging equity rather than equality. The second scene, labeled “Equity,” depicts the tall child able to look over the fence while standing on the ground, the middle-size child able to see over the fence by standing on one box, and the small child, now standing on two stacked boxes, also able to see over the fence all three are essentially getting the same view. The first scene is labeled “Equality” and shows each child standing on a box with the tall child looking easily over the fence, a middle-size child able to just see over the fence, and a small child unable to see over the fence at all. For example, a memorable cartoon circulating on the internet depicts two scenes of three children looking over a fence at a ball game. Often, “equality” appears as the inadequate alternative. schools, in human resources departments at colleges, in corporations, in philanthropies, and in nonprofit organizations. Over the course of the last decade, “equity” initiatives have been organized in U.S. The political debate reflects, but also clouds, work underway in educational and employment settings.
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