ABSTRACT
Equity is essential for a healthy democracy. Yet, in the U.S., wide disparities in income, housing, healthcare, and education have physiological, psychological, environmental, and socioeconomic consequences that reverberate throughout the life of an individual and undermine the common good. How might public education promote equity to reduce the inequalities that threaten our democracy? Specific inequities are not independent conditions; they are concatenated; they act in combination to produce seemingly intractable outcomes. This book facilitates a multidisciplinary examination of the cumulative impact of inequity and offers transformative solutions that temper the effects of interlocking systems of oppression. The contributors argue that these problems will not be resolved unless we prepare educators to address current and future threats, while simultaneously addressing the legitimate needs of all citizens.
