Not really. Equity is a philosophy (of many; none perfect) that describes how to spend money. Do you spend money (mostly) on bringing kids up to average, and a

Not really. Equity is a philosophy (of many; none perfect) that describes how to spend money. Do you spend money (mostly) on bringing kids up to average, and any kid average or above average basically stays where they are, as far as the school's efforts are concerned? Do you spend equally per child, aiming to uplift each of them by the same amount? ... Many options. Equity is the first one.