Summary Of Education, Equity, And The Big Picture By Natalie Nielson

Educational equity is creating appropriate conditions or interventions for children who are at a disadvantage and who already fall below benchmarks in hopes of bringing them closer to the level in which they should be performing (Mann, 2014). Summary Natalie Nielson’s article “Education, Equity, and the big Picture” was an excellent article that made clear to me the difference between equity and equality in education. I have struggled in the past distinguishing between the two, and this article has helped me to see the difference. Educators can give equal instruction, but many times certain students need more to succeed. Minority groups were discussed as well as different grade levels and examples were given. Nielson (2013) explored the issue of educational equity and where it currently stands in the United States. She explained that educators can give an equal education, but without filling the gaps of equity some students are not going to make the needed gains (Nielson, 2013). The article also covered how policyholders viewed the subject.

Discussion
Although it seems that this is a true statement, there are indications that all learners are not educated at the suitable levels to meet all individual needs. (Nielson, 2017). According to Nielson (2017) some students do not have the same likelihoods as the others who are learning alongside them in the classroom. This article considered the different minority groups and how some are not educated, fairly according to the author. Nelson (2017) explores the differences in the quality of education for groups related to gender, socio economic status and language barriers. Educational Equity is making the conditions fair for students who have fallen below the norms and have other factors against them by creating the appropriate interventions to fill the learning gaps. (Nielson,