In the first chapter of “Fair Isn’t Always Equal”, we’re introduced to the idea of differentiation is the classroom. This chapter also addresses exactly what differentiation is and what it means to bring it into a classroom, which is when you adjust your teaching style to help students understand the work better, but you don’t make it so it’s too easy for students to understand. To have a good differentiated classroom, you must continue to make the classroom a thriving environment for students, but allow them to change the way you teach if it would allow them to understand concepts that are necessary for them to know.
The part that stuck out to me the most was when the author used glasses as an example to how differentiated instruction works and how “fair is not always equal.” The author says that while making students who need glasses to take them off to read the board, in order to make them equal to everyone else, they would fail because they wouldn’t be able to see anything on the board. By allowing and giving students who need glasses, glasses, teachers are giving students the tools they need to succeed, but in no way giving them an advantage over other students.
The big picture of this chapter, was that while students can’t always be equal and as a teacher you might have to make adjustments in your classroom for those who need it, you must always make sure that your students all have the tools they need to succeed. But, you should never allow students to have a learning advantage over others, just provide them with the tools they need to succeed at the same level.
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