Racial Bias In Education
The Yale Child Study Center just released new research confirming something many parents with kids of color have long suspected: Implicit racial bias starts early — as early as preschool.
During the study, researchers asked a large group of teachers to watch videos of preschoolers and identify “behavior that could become a potential challenge.” Each video featured four kids: a black girl and boy and a white girl and boy. The 135 teachers selected for the study included both black and white educators, none of whom were not told that the researchers were specifically examining racial bias. In the end, children flagged for having the most “challenging behavior” were by and large black boys. But the study’s results imply that it’s not the black
During the study, researchers asked a large group of teachers to watch videos of preschoolers and identify “behavior that could become a potential challenge.” Each video featured four kids: a black girl and boy and a white girl and boy. The 135 teachers selected for the study included both black and white educators, none of whom were not told that the researchers were specifically examining racial bias. In the end, children flagged for having the most “challenging behavior” were by and large black boys. But the study’s results imply that it’s not the black