About EdEquityVA
The Commonwealth is committed to ensuring that its public education system is positioned to achieve equitable academic outcomes for ALL students. Virginia has developed a clear definition and vision of education equity, which includes establishing and reporting on measurable goals that support closing student achievement gaps and advancing academic rigor for all students.
EdEquityVA is defined by our commitment to eliminating the predictability of student outcomes based on race, gender, zip code, ability, socio-economic status, and/or languages spoken at home. This vision of equity requires that students have access to high quality learning programs that enable them to maximize their potential.
The Office of Equity and Community Engagement leads these statewide efforts and is strategically focused on the following priorities:
1. Increasing the Cultural Competency of Virginia’s Educator Workforce
2. Closing Opportunity Gaps
EdEquityVA Initatives
Together with partners across the state and in the Governor’s office, the EdEquityVA vision is both strategic and intentionally focused on establishing equity targets, measuring equity outcomes, providing tailored assistance to schools and school leaders, and implementing systemic policy and regulatory changes.
The Virginia Department of Education’s Office of Equity and Community Engagement is charged with leading state efforts to advance education equity, eliminate achievement gaps and increase opportunity, and decrease disproportionality in student outcomes. These efforts are collectively known as EdEquityVA and include the following initiatives:
- –Navigating #EdEquityVA – Virginia’s Equity Audit Tool
- –Virginia is for ALL Learners Education Equity Summer Institute
- –EdEquityVA Monthly Webinar Series
- –EdEquityVA Community of Practice
- –Mary Peake Award for Excellence in Education Equity
- –African American History Education Commission established by Governor Ralph Northam
- –EdEquityVA Monthly Newsletter
- –Culturally Responsive and Inclusive Education Practice Advisory Committee and Teacher Advisory Workgroup
- –EdEquityVA Virtual Summit
- -COVID Response (Recover, Redesign, Restart 2020 & Virginia L.E.A.R.N.S)
- -African American Superintendent’s Advisory Council
To contact the Office of Equity and Community Engagement, email EdEquityVA@doe.virginia.gov. Join the conversation and follow our equity work via our twitter by using and searching our hashtag #EdEquityVA on twitter!
