Equity is a concept that is often measured in terms of test scores, with educators looking for equal test scores among students of different cultural groups, social classes or sexes. In this article the term "relational equity" is proposed to describe equitable relations in classrooms; relations that include students treating each other…

Considers the experiences of two sets of students who attended schools that taught mathematics in completely different ways using traditional and project-based approaches. Emphasizes that the project-based approach produced equity between girls and boys whereas the textbook approach prompted many of the girls to underachieve. Discusses equity…

This article describes the ways in which the mathematics department of an urban, ethnically diverse school brought about high and equitable mathematics achievement. The teachers employed heterogeneous grouping and complex instruction, an approach designed to counter status differences in classrooms. As part of this approach teachers encouraged…

In a four-year, longitudinal study conducted between 2000 and 2004, the author followed 700 students as they progressed through three high schools: a diverse, urban school as well as two suburban schools. Although incoming freshmen at the urban school scored significantly lower in mathematics than incoming students at the two suburban schools, by…