Mitigating the effects of implicit bias on student behavior and performance requires teachers working closely with their peers, and school leaders making those efforts a priority. This isn’t a quick fix. The effort must be ongoing.
“There’s no evidence to show that a one-day training for teachers and staff will foster change,” says Circe Stumbo, president of West Wind Education Policy, an Iowa-based group that provides analysis of school equity policies. What’s needed, she says, is a schoolwide commitment to making cultural proficiency a priority, with systems in place for continual personal reflection and accountability.
Friday, May 3, 2019
For those seeking ways forward on systemic bias
I was urge the close reading of this piece from the Hechinger Report regarding work happening most particularly in Cambridge, but also elsewhere. You'll note that it isn't a "one and done" on PD. Because it can't be.
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