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Could It Be? Researchers Find A Hiring Bias That Favors Women
NPR: Think, for just a moment, about the last job you applied for. If you didn’t get the job (apologies), did you get an interview? If not, did you feel some hidden forces, beyond your Visit Page
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APS Convention Program Brings Science to the Courtroom
Since 1989, DNA evidence has proven that 329 people in the United States — many of whom served lengthy prison sentences — did not commit the crimes of which they had been convicted. Speakers at Visit Page
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Going to the Principal’s Office, in Black or White
Pacific Standard: Despite decades of political debate, racial disparities continue to run rampant in American schools. One particularly important imbalance: the race gap in school discipline, especially suspension rates. Now, researchers have discovered an unfortunate revelation: Teachers come Visit Page
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U.S. study finds teacher bias in discipline toward black students
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 Visit Page
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Students’ Race Affects How Teachers Judge Misbehavior, Study Says
Education Week: Racial disparities in school discipline are well-documented: According to recent studies, students of color are disciplined and taken out of class at higher rates than their white peers, and black students are more likely Visit Page
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Jennifer Richeson Named Guggenheim Fellow
Jennifer Richeson, an APS Fellow and former APS board member, has been selected as a 2015 Guggenheim fellow. Awarded by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the prestigious fellowships are appointed on the basis of Visit Page
