The fair and just learning environments (PI Practices M1 and M2) envisioned by Principled Innovation are those in which all students have equal opportunities to succeed. However, students—and communities—have different ideas of what “success” looks like. What is the role of the teacher when success means different things to different learners? Use this short 1-minute video by a Maryland teacher-of-the-year to spark a conversation about how fairness can shape the way teachers consider their role in the classroom.
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Equity in education
Making connections:
Principled Innovation asks us to work with others and recognize the limits of our own knowledge so that we can better understand and tackle the complex issues our communities face.
Peter Senge: introduction to systems thinking
Video
2 minutes
By: MIT, Peter Senge
John Rawls “Justice as fairness” lesson plan
Tool
45 minutes
By: Academy 4 Social Change
Unlocking creativity in the name of inclusion
Article
10 minutes
By: IDEO
Icebreakers
Tool
15 minutes
By: University of Florida
Solving the achievement gap through equity, not equality
Video
9 minutes
By: Lindsey Ott, TEDx