EQ2 Initiative

Equipped for Equity

What Is The EQ2 Initiative?

The EQ2 Initiative is a statewide movement building healthier, more prosperous communities through educational innovation designed to increase equity and student engagement. We are committed to transforming teaching, learning, and assessment through student-led, culturally and linguistically-responsive practices including graduate profiles, capstones, assessment literacy, and work-based learning.

Highland High School EQ2 student presenting

What Is The EQ2 Initiative?

The EQ2 Initiative is a statewide movement building healthier, more prosperous communities through educational innovation designed to increase equity and student engagement. We are committed to transforming teaching, learning, and assessment through student-led, culturally and linguistically-responsive practices including graduate profiles, capstones, assessment literacy, and work-based learning.

EQ2 student working on blueprint for project

Our Impact

When students have agency in their learning, they light up. Giving students opportunities to explore their interests inside and outside the classroom ignites their ambitions. In New Mexico, our students are disengaging at alarming rates. However, if we connect learning to real-world work, student identity, and authentic assessment we can keep young people engaged and excited at school.