The Extraordinary Educators Podcast

20 Race & Teacher Bias with Megan Robinson

October 07, 2020 Danielle Sullivan & Sari Laberis Season 2 Episode 6
The Extraordinary Educators Podcast
20 Race & Teacher Bias with Megan Robinson
Show Notes

Danielle and Sari are joined by Megan Robinson, National Director at Curriculum Associates, for part II of her interview. Megan shares research related to race and teacher bias, and discipline. She digs in to many studies related to race, and how their outcomes can greatly effect the students in your classroom. 

Links:

  • Preschool Study Overview: https://news.yale.edu/2016/09/27/implicit-bias-may-explain-high-preschool-expulsion-rates-black-children
  • Preschool Study: https://medicine.yale.edu/childstudy/zigler/publications/briefs/ 
  • Doll Test: https://www.naacpldf.org/ldf-celebrates-60th-anniversary-brown-v-board-education/significance-doll-test/ & https://www.simplypsychology.org/bobo-doll.html
  • Stanford Discipline Study: https://ed.stanford.edu/news/racial-disparities-school-discipline-are-linked-achievement-gap-between-black-and-white#:~:text=Race%20and%20Equity-,Racial%20disparities%20in%20school%20discipline%20are%20linked%20to%20the%20achievement,according%20to%20Stanford-led%20study&text=Students%20of%20color%20are%20suspended,more%20poorly%20on%20standardized%20tests
  • Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies: https://www.amazon.com/Culturally-Sustaining-Pedagogies-Teaching-Learning/dp/0807758337 
  • Instagram: Instagram.com/MyiReady
  • Twitter: Twitter.com/CurriculumAssoc