The growing importance of education equity is based on the premise that an individual’s level of education directly correlates to future quality of life. Therefore, an academic system that practices educational equity is a strong foundation of a society that is fair and thriving. However, inequity in education is challenging to avoid, and can be broken down into inequity due to socioeconomic standing, race, gender or disability.

Mary Fertakis, 22-year school board member of Tukwila School District and inaugural member of the Racial Equity Policy Design Team of the Puget Sound Educational Service District, shares her insights and strategies as part of this informative course.

Course Length : 1 Hours
Board Training Credit : 1 Hours

Domain II: Strategic Planning: The governance leadership team, in collaboration with the community, adopts and enacts a planning process that results in an adopted system strategic plan designed to improve student achievement and organizational effectiveness.

Standard A. The governance leadership team provides input to and adopts the system's strategic plan.

Standard B. Annually and as needed, utilizing the adopted strategic planning process, the governance leadership team monitors and reports progress on performance measures.