Both equity and social, emotional, and academic development (SEAD) are currently receiving much-needed attention, but neither can fully succeed without recognizing strengths and addressing gaps in these complementary priorities. Rather than being pursued as two separate bodies of work, the field needs to identify ways in which equity and social, emotional, and academic development can be mutually reinforcing. This report calls for an an equitable education system, in which every student has access to the resources and educational rigor they need at the right moment in their education, irrespective of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, language, disability, family background, family income, citizenship, or tribal status. To make substantive progress toward improving educational equity, education leaders need to tackle inequity through a racial equity lens at individual, institutional, and societal levels. This report outlines considerations for educators to take into account to address challenges in inequities, including building on students' already-existing cognitive, social, and emotional competencies, addressing injustice and related trauma, mitigating stereotype threat in the classroom, building healthy school culture and climate, and engaging families and communities. [For the related report, "Pursuing Social and Emotional Development through a Racial Equity Lens: 5 Strategies for System Leaders to Take Action," see ED585545.]