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implicit bias

New York
August 15, 2018

Carranza aims to speed up anti-bias training for educators, calling it a ‘cornerstone’ of school improvement

The chancellor's goal is to compress the original four-year roll out of the anti-bias training to two.

outside the box

Chicago
August 14, 2018

How one Chicago principal is leaning on data to help black boys

Test scores were rising at Fuller Elementary School when Marilyn McCottrell took over in 2016. Yet troubling trends loomed behind the numbers.

First Person

New York
May 17, 2018

As historians and New York City educators, here’s what we hope teachers hear in the city’s new anti-bias training

New York City Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza and Mayor Bill de Blasio just committed $23 million over the next four years to support…

Breaking down stereotypes

Colorado
October 5, 2016

Racial bias among preschool teachers is a problem, study says. Here’s what Colorado experts think should be done.

Colorado early childhood leaders say a powerful new study by Yale researcher Walter Gilliam highlights the importance of helping teachers understand unconscious bias.

The discipline divide

Colorado
March 22, 2016

Suspended countless times as a child, this professor is tackling racial disparities in preschool discipline

As a child, Rosemarie Allen was suspended and expelled numerous times. Now, she's working to reduce the frequency of such disciplinary methods, especially for children of color.