According to a case consortium study published by Columbia University, EE transformed into "a nationally recognized activist organization" by 2012, and reached 5,000 members by 2014.

EE members have marched, written letters, held night vigils, met with government officials and public representatives, advocated in the media, made submissions to Parliament and, where necessary, taken legal action with the assistance of the Equal Education Law Centre (EELC), to deliver major victories for learners across South Africa.

[6] However, one of the three panel members, former United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women Rashida Manjoo, distanced herself from the findings and submitted a dissenting report.

However, the chairperson of the EE council from 2020 to 2022[7] was a close friend of Doron Isaacs' brother[8] and Paula Ensor's son,[9] Michael Mbikiwa, is a member of the board of trustees of the Equal Education Law Centre.

[10] A lack of proper sanitation in schools seriously hinders students’ ability to learn effectively, infringing on their safety and security, causing illness, and violating their dignity.

In light of this renewed effort to improve school infrastructure, EE conducted a province-wide audit to evaluate and monitor the implementation of sanitation upgrades by mobilizing community members.

In 2018, they published Breaking the Cycle, uncovering the main issues in procuring contractors and maintaining sanitation facilities to improve Gauteng's school infrastructure.

Around 483,633 learners in KZN walk more than half an hour in one direction to school daily, according to the 2016 General Household Survey by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA).

Equaliser also released a documentary film demonstrating the long walks scholars take to attend schools and the many challenges they face on this road.

Equalizers in youth groups in Khayelitsha, Kraaifontein, Nyanga, Strand, and the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town have organized to remedy and adequately address systemic problems affecting the quality of education they receive at school since 2013.

These high school students investigated and raised awareness to mobilize community members to march, protest, and demand action from their education and government officials.

The findings from this research showed sanitary conditions needed to meet the standards the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) set up.

In addition to mass mobilization and organizing strategies to protest and request urgent action from government and education officials, students committed to improving sanitation in schools themselves.