Increase equity

No curriculum is perfect. Learn how to audit your own biases and surface assumptions before developing materials. 

Go beyond surface level representation

Avoid tokenized representation. Learn how to incorporate diverse perspectives, authors, and contexts in meaningful ways.

Equity in assessments

Create opportunities for all learners to showcase their knowledge through equitable assessment design.

About the course

Curriculum is never neutral. Every design decision, from what content is centered, whose voices appear in examples, how tasks are scaffolded, what prior knowledge is assumed, either opens doors for learners or quietly closes them. This course is for curriculum developers who want to move beyond surface-level representation and build equity and access into the structure of their work from the very first draft. Across five modules, you will examine the frameworks, habits of mind, and practical tools that make curriculum genuinely inclusive: not as an add-on, but as a design principle. You will also explore how AI tools can support equity-focused workflows, with honest attention to both the possibilities and the risks. By the end of this course, you will have a concrete set of practices, protocols, and self-assessment tools to bring back to your own curriculum projects.

Who this course is for:

● Equity-focused curriculum developers and teams. ● Educators working on district or department-wide curriculum projects

Curriculum

6 Chapters · 44 Lessons

  1. 1

    Introduction

    1. Welcome to Equity and Access in Curriculum Design Free preview
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      Course Introduction

    3. Optional College Credits Free preview
    4. TCSJ Syllabus Free preview
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    Foundations: What Equity in Curriculum Actually Means

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      Introduction

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      Welcome: Why Curriculum Is Never Neutral

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      Equity, Equality, and Justice: Definitions and Design Implications

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      Reflection Journal: Where Have You Seen Curriculum Exclude?

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      The Intended, Implemented, and Experienced Curriculum

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      Case Study: Two Versions of the Same Unit-- Spot the Assumptions

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      What Does “Equity” Mean in Your Curriculum Context?

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      Knowledge Check: Equity Foundations

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      AI Workflow Spotlight: Surfacing Assumptions in Curriculum Drafts

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    Designing for Learner Variability

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      Introduction

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      Beyond the UDL Checklist

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      The Science of Variability: Why There Is No Average Learner

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      Task Breakdown Exercise

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      Designing Flexible Pathways

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      Design Practice: Revise a Low-Access Task

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      Reflection Journal: Which UDL Principle Is Hardest in Your Context?

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      Peer Review: Share Your Revised Task

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      AI Workflow Spotlight: Generating Entry Points, Scaffolds, and Representations

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    Representation, Voice, and Bias in Content

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      Introduction

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      Curricular Violence: What It Is and How to Recognize It

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      Reflection Journal: Whose Knowledge Is Centered?

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      Bias Audit: Identify, Categorize, and Flag

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      Design Practice: Revise a Biased Curriculum Excerpt

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      Making Bias Review Sustainable

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      AI Workflow Spotlight: First-Pass Bias and Representation Scan

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    Equitable Assessment Design

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      Introduction

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      When Assessment Measures Priviledge

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      Accessibility and Rigor: A False Trade-off

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      Case Study: Three Assessments, Same Learning Goal

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      Design Practice: Redesign a Single-Mode Assessment

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      Reflection Journal: Where Is Equity Hidden in Your Assessments?

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      Evaluate Redesigned Assessments

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      AI Workflow Spotlight: Stress-Testing Assessment Accessibility

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    Sustaining Equity Practices on Your Team

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      Introduction

    2. Building an Equity Review Protocol into Your Revision Cycle Free preview
    3. Tool Download and Walkthrough: Equity Lens Checklist Free preview
    4. Scenario Activity: Navigating Team Pushback Free preview
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      Capstone Project: Apply an Equity Audit to Your Own Curriculum

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      AI Workflow Spotlight: Building an AI-Assisted Equity Review into Your Team’s Workflow

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      Final Course Reflection

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