Re “Equality must trump ‘equity’” (Feb. 5): I recommend that Mr. Boddie add America’s universities to those calling the shots on reordering society. They are the source of the ideas that prop up this ...

I was disappointed but not surprised to read Chris Romer’s column extolling the virtues of equity as being better than the concept of equality. The idea of equity has become a prominent feature of the ...

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.

There was a multipart series here a few years ago on the differences between “equity” and “equality” for schools, but I’m not sure there’s been much advancement in understanding since that time. I do, ...

Isn’t the debate about the relative values of equality and equity in schools interesting? For many people, equality of opportunity is all that matters: Give everyone the same opportunities, let them ...