Equity

Equity is replacing equality in many parts of the country. Equity means equal out comes and equality means equal opportunity. A good example of this policy can be seen in some schools in Virginia. Eleven high schools withheld merit scholarship awards from student so they could not put that on their resume when applying for college. It was felt that these awards would give these students an advantage. “The reality is that we have a superintendent in Fairfax schools who has explicitly stated that her top objective is equal outcomes for all students, regardless of the price,” said Youngkin. “Now we know the price includes paying $450,000 to a liberal consultant to come in and teach the administrators in Fairfax County how to do this. What it appears happened is that principals in schools decided that they were going to systematically withhold accolades and a path to college admission and scholarships from high-performing students. Can you see the schools allowing poor performing athletes to join the team in order to give more students a chance to play. How about giving different test to different students to get the grades up. Not to far fetched as this has been done with test for fire and police departments. In Atlanta a few years ago teachers adjusted SAT scores to bring up lower students. There are many cases were people were promoted over more qualified people in the name of equity. Many colleges are making it more difficult for Asian Americans to get in. Equity is seen by many as the new way to discriminate.