| Abstract: | The major thesis of this article is that the current effort at school reform unfolding throughout much of the industrialized world ‐‐ the so‐called school restructuring movement ‐‐ offers considerable promise of enhancing educational equity for students. After describing the evolution in our understanding of equity, three powerful ethics undergirding current attempts to highlight equity values in education are described. The bulk of the article then unpacks the dual strategy for enhancing equity that is embedded in the restructuring movement: (1) the rejection of the central pillars of schooling, such as behaviorally‐grounded models of learning and teaching, that have had deleterious effects on at‐risk students; and (2) the provision of an alternative infrastructure for schooling that expands educational opportunities for historically disenfranchised youth. |
