Now that you have an understanding of how implicit bias operates, manifests in the real world, and ways to mitigate your biases, it is important to put theory into practice. This scenario workbook provides you with a series of case studies, scenarios, and reflection questions that will assist you in thinking about how to apply what you have learned to your work as an educator.

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Downloads

• Being an Active Bystander (PDF)
• Identifying and Mitigating Implicit Bias Worksheet (PDF)
• Race and Education Timeline (PDF)
• Making Sense of Your Implicit Association Test Results (PDF)
• Myth-Busters: Clearing up the Confusion Surrounding Implicit Bias (PDF)
• Ending Racial Inequity in Out of School Suspensions: Mapping the Policy Landscape and Equity Impact (PDF)
• Race Matters... And So Does Gender (PDF)
• The Principles for Equitable and Inclusive Civic Engagement (PDF)
• Ohio Discipline Data: An Analysis of Ability and Race (PDF)
• From Punitive to Restorative: Advantages of Using Trauma-Informed Practices in Schools (PDF)
• School Discipline Policy: Updates, Insights, and Future Directions (PDF)
• Strategies for Addressing Implicit Bias in Early Childhood Education (PDF)
• Implicit Racial Bias and School Discipline Disparities - Exploring the Connection (PDF)
• Institutional Interventions to Prevent Implicit Bias from Undermining Organizational Diversity (PDF)

Additional Resources

• For more information on how to support equity in K–12 education, please visit the Resources page provided by the Schott Foundation for Public Education

State of the Science Implicit Bias Review

The Race and Cognition team at the Kirwan Institute would like to give thanks to all of those involved in the process of creating and launching the Online Implicit Bias training. Countless hours have been dedicated to the creation of the modules and we do not take that for granted. There are several people we would like to show an additional level of gratitude to:

Contributors

• Kelly Capatosto
• Lena Tenney
• Joshua Bates
• Kyle Strickland
• Robin Wright
• Cheryl Staats
• Preshuslee Thompson
• Ashley Wilson
• Jason Duffield
• Kip Holley
• Rachel Besse
• Karima Samadi
• Amy Malcolm
• Jillian Olinger
• Glennon Sweeney
• Leigha Grosh
• Jocelyn Smallwood

Acknowledgments

• The Schott Foundation for Public Education
• Mills James Production
• Sharon Davies
• Kathy Lechman
• Art James
• Christy Rogers
• Jason Reece
• Tara McCoy
• Jamaal Bell
• Donnie Perkins
• La’Tonia Stiner-Jones
• Zach Kenitzer
• Sheeba George
• Alicea Kouyate
• Mary McKay

Special thanks to the entire staff at The Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity—thank you so much for your dedication to this work and your everyday efforts to make the world a more just and inclusive society. We appreciate you!

Thank you so much for participating in Kirwan's implicit bias module series. We are very excited to offer these modules in partnership with organizations and individuals who are committed to addressing and preventing instances of bias and discrimination. As part of this commitment, please provide some feedback to let us know about your experience and how we can be most helpful in engaging others around these topics moving forward. 

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