Social Justice

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Low Social Justice

Quadrant 1

Stratified classes characterized by discrepancies based on sex, race, and/or ethnicity.

Benefits of the full basket of goods and services available to only a few

Quadrant 2

Stratified classes characterized by discrepancies based on sex, race, or ethnicity.

Benefits of the full basket of goods and services available to a few students

Perceived inequality permeates the school community.

Student conflict defined by differences in race, ethnicity, and/or sex.

Perceptions of inequalities not apparent in the school community.

Student groups get along for the most part, and conflict is rare

High Social Justice

Quadrant 3

Stratified classes not generally distinguishable by race, sex, and ethnicity.

Full basket of goods and services available to most students.

Quadrant 4

Classes not stratified by race, ethnicity, and/or sex.

Full basket of goods and services available to all students.

Perceptions of inequalities remain in the school community.

Student conflict sometimes defined by race, ethnicity, and/or sex.

Privileges available to all students based on need.

Community perception that equal treatment is commonplace. Student conflict rare.