Implicit bias can turn even our best intentions into unwanted outcomes.
Teacher’s implicit biases can impact their perceptions of the quality of students’ work and the teaching strategies they choose to implement.
Implicit biases can impact perceptions of students behavior and is a contributor to racial differences in school discipline outcomes—particularly between Black and White students.
Institutional and historic patterns of inequity within the education system contribute to the manifestation of implicit bias in schools. A targeted approach to address the negative effects of implicit bias must also include strategies to address these systemic issues.