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Psychology: Bias, Quantified
Princeton professor of psychology Stacey Sinclair and postdoctoral scholar Travis Riddle compared county-by-county data on racial bias with statistics on school punishment. Their results showed that bias and racial disparities are strongly correlated. The summary article in the Princeton…
Read MoreEquity in Princeton Schools? Find out Wednesday
A public forum to assess progress in implementing the recommendations of the 2018 Equity Audit Report for the Princeton Public Schools will be held on Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at 4 pm in the John Witherspoon Middle School (217 Walnut…
Read MoreAvoiding Racial Equity Detours by Paul Gorski
Gorski discusses four common “detours” schools take avoiding the changes necessary in achieving genuine equity. He follows that discussion with five equity literacy principles that can help schools avoid equity detours and maximize the impact of equity efforts. He notes,…
Read MoreSimply Hiring People of Color Is Not a Racial Equity Strategy
Lily Eisner, Policy & Program Assistant, YWCA USA, explains that diversity and inclusion in organizations and workplaces does not end with the hiring of people of color, but requires work on the part of white employees to ensure a racially…
Read MoreEquity Audit Report for the Princeton Public Schools
At the Tuesday, July 17, 2018 Princeton Board of Education meeting, educational consultant Marceline DuBose discussed the findings and recommendations from the equity audit that was conducted since December 2017. The audit consisted of reviews of policies, analysis of available…
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