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Unlocking School Bias

Using Neuroscience to Improve Student Outcomes
By: Horacio Sanchez

Foreword by David Flink

Break through the bias barrier

What can happen in 200 milliseconds? In a word, everything. In that short time, your subconscious mind has shaped your perceptions and influenced your behaviors. In other words, you have experienced bias—for better or for worse.

Unlocking School Bias ends the confusion around bias and provides educators with research and strategies that enable them to effectively address bias in the classroom and school in appropriate and productive ways. Learn to explore your own and your students' biases and discover:

  • The latest research from psychology, education, and neuroscience
  • Different types of biases, including confirmation bias and impact bias, and how they manifest themselves in everyday life
  • Practical strategies for educators who are ready to change their and their students' actions
  • How patterns in one’s environment create biases and affect the brain’s development

Implicit bias occurs subconsciously and so quickly that the conscious brain is unaware that it happened. Yet, with mindful practice and reflection, we can rewrite the automated processes in our brains, stop our subconscious minds from determining our thoughts and behaviors, and help our students feel safe and successful in school.

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  • Grade Level: PreK-12
  • ISBN: 9781071974001
  • Published By: Corwin
  • Year: 2025
  • Page Count: 176
  • Publication date: February 11, 2025
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Break through the bias barrier

What can happen in 200 milliseconds? In a word, everything. In that short time, your subconscious mind has shaped your perceptions and influenced your behaviors. In other words, you have experienced bias—for better or for worse.

Unlocking School Bias ends the confusion around bias and provides educators with research and strategies that enable them to effectively address bias in the classroom and school in appropriate and productive ways. Learn to explore your own and your students' biases and discover:

  • The latest research from psychology, education, and neuroscience
  • Different types of biases, including confirmation bias and impact bias, and how they manifest themselves in everyday life
  • Practical strategies for educators who are ready to change their and their students' actions
  • How patterns in one’s environment create biases and affect the brain’s development

Implicit bias occurs subconsciously and so quickly that the conscious brain is unaware that it happened. Yet, with mindful practice and reflection, we can rewrite the automated processes in our brains, stop our subconscious minds from determining our thoughts and behaviors, and help our students feel safe and successful in school.

Author(s)

Author(s)

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Horacio Sanchez

Horacio Sanchez, a national speaker and author, is an educational consultant to many organizations focused on improving formal education. He is recognized as one of the nation’s leading authorities on resiliency and applied neuroscience. His expertise helps schools overcome the impact of poverty, improve school climate, engage in brain-based instruction, and address issues related to implicit bias. He is the author of the best-selling books The Education Revolution and The Poverty Problem.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

About the Author

Foreword

The Birth of Bias: A Love Story

The Cup is Half Empty: Negative Bias

Believe It or Not: Confirmation Bias

Maximum Impact: Impact Bias

You Had Me at Hello: Face, Hands, Posture, Gesture, and Tone of Voice

Pattern Behavior: Patterns in Our Environment Create Bias

Culture Club: How Culture Can Shape Bias

Victim of Society: Pervasive Societal Biases

Conclusion: A Moment of Clarity

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