Equity, as we understand it, creates new standards which accommodate and nurture differences. Equity foste rs the individual voice in the classroom, investing students with confidence in their own authority.
Equity unleashes the creative potential of heterogeneity.
Gillian R. Overing is an Associate Professor of English at Wake Forest University. Ann Lavi ne, Pattie Cowell, Donna M. Perry, James D. Riemer, Susan Radner, Mickey Pearlman, Robert Mielke, Judith Bechtel, and Rebecca Blevins Faery.