1st Edition

Implicit Bias in Schools A Practitioner’s Guide

220 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Eye On Education

220 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Eye On Education

220 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Eye On Education

Implicit bias is often recognized as one of the reasons for instances of discrimination and injustice, despite most people explicitly believing in the importance of equality and justice for all people. Implicit Bias in Schools provides practitioners with an understanding of implicit bias and how to address it from start to finish: what it is, how it is a problem, and how we can fix... Read more

Contents

About the Authors

Preface

Part I: What is Implicit Bias?

Chapter 1. Implicit What?

Chapter 2. Forces, Sources, and Discourses of Implicit Bias

Part II: Why Does Implicit Bias Matter?

Chapter 3. Making the Grade: Academics

Chapter 4. Who Did What? Behavior and Discipline

Part III: What Can We Do about Implicit Bias?

Chapter 5. Making a Difference by Yourself: Individual Strategies

Chapter 6. Making a Difference in Your School: Institutional Strategies

Part IV: What Does Implicit Bias Work Look Like?

Chapter 7. Supporting Policy and Practice to Address Implicit Bias in Discipline
Pamela A. Fenning and Miranda B. Johnson

Chapter 8. Conducting a Successful Implicit Bias Training
Kimberly Barsamian Kahn

Chapter 9. Addressing Implicit Bias District-Wide: Experiences and Lessons Learned
Kimberly Brazwell

Appendix A: DATA: Detailed, Accurate, and Tracked Awareness

List of Contributors

Biography

Gina Laura Gullo is Educational Equity and Data Consultant at GLG Consulting and Adjunct Professor at Lehigh University, USA. 

Kelly Capatosto is Senior Research Associate at the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at Ohio State University, USA.

Cheryl Staats is an education author and researcher with a background in implicit racial/ethnic bias.