Race and recess: Design tools for reducing inequities
summary
Claims a concrete workflow: apply the Equity by Design toolkit to adtech for education (Summit Learning Platform used in ~350 schools) by start with self reflection, pick targets using targeted universalism, and cede power through participatory workshops. Outputs include prototypes and new behaviors — writing equity-lens user stories, adding student interests to dashboards, flagging repeated lowered expectations, and brief mantras like I design. Slides and the Figma file live on the Community page. Results: rewritten UX vision and actionable design changes from workshops.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:35Case Study
- 2:55equityxdesign
- 4:10Start with self
- 9:27Focus on the most vulnerable
- 11:39Cede power by changing mindset
- 16:44I design.
- 19:40Writing a user story
- 21:36In practice
- 25:18Conclusion
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