Educational equity is a shared commitment to ensure that every student gets what they need to be successful.

Practicing equity in the Lower Merion School District means understanding the needs of individuals and positioning resources including funding, programs, policies, initiatives, and, supports to target people’s unique experiences and to provide for individual needs so that achievement and opportunity gaps are eliminated on personal and systemic levels.

Equity is distinct from equality. While equality ensures that everyone gets the same, equity requires that individuals get what they need.