How to Support and Train Staff

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Implicit
biases can influence how student
behavior is perceived

Prison to School Pipeline

• Black children represent 18 percent of preschool enrollment but 48 percent receive more than one out-of-school suspension, while white students represent 43 percent of preschool enrollment and only 26 percent of out-of-school suspensions.

Prison to School Pipeline

• Black students are suspended and expelled three times more than white students.

Prison to School Pipeline

• Students with disabilities are more than twice as likely to receive an out-ofschool suspension at 13 percent versus students without disabilities at 6 percent.

Prison to School Pipeline

• Black students represent 16 percent of student enrollment but account for 27 percent referred to law enforcement and 31 percent subjected to a school-related arrest.

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What Should Educators Do?

Reccomendations on Implicit Bias

• Require Teachers, Administrators and any other school officials that have the power to suspend, expel or otherwise discipline students to undergo training regarding implicit bias, specifically what it is, how it is created, and how it affects interactions in the educational context, including student discipline.

Reccomendations on Implicit Bias

• Implement interventions that reduce the effects of implicit bias in the educational context by, among other things, encouraging teachers to provide feedback, that if critical, reassures students of their ability to achieve.

Reccomendations on Implicit Bias

• Implement interventions that reduce the effects of implicit bias in the educational contest by, among other things, creating feelings of social belonging for all students, particularly Black students, who, due to a history of discrimination, may distrust their teachers.

Reccomendations on Implicit Bias

• Implement interventions that reduce the effects of implicit bias in the educational context by, among other things, encouraging teachers to respond to perceived student misbehavior with dialogue, understanding, and other empathic principles.

Relationships

Diverse Recruitment
Practices

Differentiated Training

Open and Respectful Discussions

Training for Students and Families