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With PL and Equity, we are giving each person what they need, not simply giving each person the same thing. Both also should take into account and be responsive to a person's culture.

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PL allows students to have choice giving them instruction based on their needs.  This is related to equity because needs are related to any number of individual characteristics.

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PL and equity focus on getting each student what they need in the way they need it.

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Supporting the needs of each student leads to a more equitable learning environment.

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Equity is providing each child with what they need in response to various differences (ability, cultural, etc.) and personalized learning integrates equity with their interests and learning styles.

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It seems like if you are involved in PL you are necessarily doing "equity" work since you are responding to the needs of the "person" individually, whatever and "whyever" those needs are....cultural background, experiences, etc.

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No one set of tools or responses will support everyone, follow student interests and needs. Building relationships with students is key to personalized learning.

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The idea that not everyone needs the same things. I think that is so true with young children. They all come in with different backgrounds and experiences and we need to take what they bring and help them move forward.

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PL allows us to meet students at their readiness level, which promotes equity in learning.

It also helps us create a classroom environment that supports multiple ways of learning and communicating.

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PL is a vehicle to provide more equity in the classroom. If truly employed to meet the needs to students where they're at, it will create a greater sense of equity for students and the overall classroom community. I think authenticity is key. I liked when it was pointed out that this isn't seasonal, but foundational.

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The quote "Fair is not Equal" comes to mind. Adapting instruction to fit student needs, interests, and culture will require different tools and methods. Both PL and Equity require NOT giving each student the same thing.

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Both focus on the fact that each student's needs are unique and that no one tool or strategy will support every student.

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Both center on following students' choices/interests.Using data and targeted instruction to meet each student's needs.

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I'm interested in the internal tensions and contradictions (paradoxes, maybe) of standards-based instruction where we define what students need to know and be able to do with the idea that we identify what students needs are. This ties in with equity. In world history we address equity in part by moving away from Euro-centric content, but we don't ask the question necessarily, of what students needs are. Resolve the dissonance, Jimmy T.!

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The idea of giving each person what they need doesn't mean giving each person the same thing holds true with classroom instruction.

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Everyone getting what they need, but on a personalized individual level. Not a one size fits all way of planning lessons.

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Both are looking to meet each individual according to their needs, however they are meeting these needs in different ways. Equity appears to focus more on needs based within race, culture, ethnicity, economic status, or other more global needs. PL appears to focus more on needs based on student interest, voice and choice, needs based content instruction, or those skills more closely tied to education standards. The differences and similarities should be seen within the overall educational setting.

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Both value each student's individual needs and giving them choice/voice in the classroom.

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Equity if personalized learning with a focus on race, culture & ethnicity

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Both involve giving each individual child what they need to be successful.

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Equity is giving each child what they need and personalized learning also supports the individual needs of each child.

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By "centering, responding to, and supporting students' needs and unique voices" through personalized learning, we are working towards a more equitable learning environment by giving each student more of what they individually need.

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I feel a bit like I'm struggling to discern the difference between personalized learning and differentiation as a part of best teaching practices. There seems to be the assumption that we are transitioning out of teacher centered large group instruction toward something that is new and innovative. I haven't seen many teachers in my 13 years not trying to individualize and differentiate in order to meet student needs. I have noticed occasions of teachers being less comfortable with thinking and teaching globally with respect to various cultural backgrounds, but some of that comes with the difficult task of knowing and navigating cultural nuances that one may not have familiarity with.

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