U.S. study finds teacher bias in discipline toward black students

[Little Tich]

Source: Yahoo! News / Reuters

(Reuters) - Teachers in the United States were more likely to feel troubled when a black student misbehaved for a second time than when a white student did, highlighting a bias that shows why African-American children are more often disciplined than schoolmates, Stanford University researchers said on Wednesday.

The federal government has found black students are three times more likely than whites to be suspended or expelled, a disparity experts say contributes to lower academic achievement among African-American students caught in the discipline system.

But the Stanford University team said few experiments have examined the biases among teachers that play a role in disproportionate discipline.

For their study published this month in the journal Psychological Science, "Two Strikes: Race and the Disciplining of Young Students", they gave elementary and secondary school teachers school records describing instances of misbehavior.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/u-study-finds-teacher-bias-discipline-toward-black-002935254.html

[Judi Lynn]

1. We've even seen stories in LBN of teachers calling in cops who tase younger grade school kids

whom they believed were out of control. One others might remember was a very young girl. Tased, f'r crying out loud.

Hideous way to influence a small girl or boy, and wreck her/his trust in authority figures.

[treestar]

2. Surprise surprise

major intervention needed everywhere. When are we going to get past this?

[Liberal_in_LA]

3. kick

[okaawhatever]

4. I'm not surprised. I am delighted that they did the study and now hopefully they can address the

issue with the seriousness it deserves.