Edquity Collective Team

Educational equity is often discussed as an ideal, but achieving it requires more than good intentions. It demands intentional leadership, systemic reflection, and a willingness to examine how everyday decisions shape outcomes for students. At its core, equity work asks educators to confront a difficult reality: the systems schools operate within often produce outcomes that do not serve all students equally. For educational leaders, the challenge is not simply identifying these disparities...

Across the country, school systems continue to wrestle with teacher shortages, achievement gaps, and strained relationships between schools and families. While these challenges are often addressed separately, research and practice suggest they are deeply connected. At the center of this connection is a simple but powerful truth: who teaches matters—not only for students, but for entire communities . A growing body of research shows that students benefit academically and socially when they...

What would happen if Michigan truly treated early literacy not as a set of isolated initiatives, but as a coherent, connected system from preschool through grade twelve? In a recent conversation with Dr. Mary Behm of Genesee ISD, this question emerged as more than a hypothetical. It became a vision for how Michigan might fundamentally rethink literacy practice in Pre-K classrooms—and beyond. At the heart of her insights is a deceptively simple idea: literacy improvement begins when educators...