A recent study, co-authored by a University of Notre Dame professor, shows how educators' racial and gender biases affect their assessments of students' academic skills based on noncognitive skills, which include behavior, ...
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Feb 11, 2020
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Young black males feel less safe when they go to neighborhoods with a larger white population than occurs in areas they normally visit, a new study suggests.
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Aug 13, 2018
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Girls who develop early are better adjusted when their friends are on a similar timeframe for puberty and of the same race, a new study shows.
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Jul 31, 2017
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Black girls are disproportionately punished in American schools - an "overlooked crisis" that is populating the school-to-prison pipeline at rising rates, two education scholars argue in a new paper.
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Feb 16, 2017
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When schools put zero tolerance policies into effect, such rules were intended to address problems such as violence, weapons, drugs or other illegal activities. Consequently, "zero tolerance" policies have been used to punish ...
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Jan 10, 2017
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When the economy falters and communities lose jobs, teen birth rates fall, at least among black youths, a new Duke University study has found.
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Jul 31, 2013
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