Gilliam and colleagues at Yale University’s Child Study Center, set out to explore the biases, many of them operating beneath a teacher’s. We have had engaging conversations and trainings here at Seneca about how implicit bias affects the education system and our students – and as an early childhood educator – I was intrigued by a story on NPR last week that highlighted this research out of Yale in a segment titled: Bias isn’t Just a Police Problem, it’s a Preschool Problem. The new research, conducted by psychologist Walter S. Discipline policies, successful schools, and racial justice. Discussing Race with White Children: Part 1. Recent research out of the Yale Child Study Center supports Clinton’s statement that implicit bias is a problem for everyone. Learn more about the work of the center by navigating the Menu button at the top of the page. While the time spent on this topic was disappointingly brief, the fact that it was raised on such a national platform and was brought to the attention of approximately 84 million viewers across the nation feels like progress in the right direction.ĭuring a discussion about healing race relations, Hillary Clinton shared, “I think implicit bias is a problem for everyone, not just police… Too many of us jump to conclusions about each other… We need all of us to be asking hard questions about why am I feeling this way…” The Yale Child Study Center, which serves as the Department of Child Psychiatry for the Yale School of Medicine, has been serving families through the integration of evidence-based clinical practice, training, and research for over 100 years. I’m not sure how many of you tuned in to the first Presidential and Vice Presidential debates of the season, but if you did, you may have heard the words “implicit bias” surface during each.

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