Equity statement
| Like many of you, I am mad, disheartened, sad, and frustrated right now. George Floyd’s death shines a beacon on how systems like education maintain and even propel oppression, bias, inequity, and systemic marginalization. Education has a significant role and choice to make—either be complicit, or be a leader in system-wide change. At the Wisconsin RtI Center, we advocate for equity and strive to improve students’ outcomes through changing the educational system. We are one of many organizations on the forefront of helping all schools and all districts uncover their inequities. Together, we must firmly and steadfastly stand in the uncomfortable position of continually pushing ourselves, district leaders, school leaders, and peers into the conversations, reflections, learning, change, and actions that will make real the vision of all students succeeding. Within the center, we are going to do more to hold ourselves accountable. We need you to join us in this work and commit to do more to hold your system accountable. We are explicitly asking you to be authentic allies for districts, schools, staff, families, communities, and students so that systems of oppression can be dismantled and built anew. To quote Kelisa Wing, “We have a responsibility to teach our children to be anti-racist, and education is one of the ways we can do that.” The Wisconsin RtI Center is 100% committed to continuing to propel forward and build a circle of humanity where no one is outside; we will do it with unstoppable force. I am because we are, Kathy Ryder, executive director |
The Wisconsin RtI Center is 100% committed to continuing to propel forward and build a circle of humanity where no one is outside; we will do it with unstoppable force.—Kathy Ryder, executive director
Key Resources For Equity statement
Equity: Wisconsin’s Model to Inform Culturally Responsive Practices (DPI)
Describes the beliefs, knowledge, and practices Wisconsin educators, schools, and districts need to reach and teach diverse students within their culturally responsive multi-level systems of…
Culturally Responsive Resource Map Guide
The purpose of this Resource Map Guide is to connect you with Will, Fill, and Skill resources as you start your journey. You will find…
Advancing Equity through Social Emotional Learning (SEL): A report from the Wisconsin State Superintendent’s Equity Council
Advancing Equity through SEL: A report from the Wisconsin State Superintendent's Equity Council
Risk Ratio Calculator
This tool is designed to be used by schools to calculate the risk of students of color as compared to white students for academic and…
Risk Ratio Module
This e-learning course helps schools define the general principle of risk ratio and explain how it can be applied and calculated to determine next steps.