Friday, September 14, 2018
Classroom Bias
During the 2018-19 school year, the district has established several goals around student achievement. One such goal this year is the 3rd Grade ELA goal which states, "2018-19-55% of students will be proficient or advanced as evidenced by the Forward Exam.” The link below takes you to an article from Education Week that discusses the impact of bias in the classroom. As I reviewed our discipline data today, I noticed that as a district we had 174 referrals for 12,827 students. Of those, 33 referrals were recorded among our 6,306 female students. Thirty-five referrals were reported from the 377 African American male students in our district.
Classroom Bias Hinders Student Learning
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In addition to all staff learning ways to network and include all students, diverse student bodies benefit from diverse staffing. I look forward to that combined evolution because we're stronger together, even if we all- every single human being alive- have biases.
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