Teachers’ unconscious racial bias in the classroom can significantly affect how different students are taught — and what they learn. Portland State University Math Education professor Eva Thanheiser ...

Despite all the talk about encouraging girls in math and science, many teachers still harbor unconscious biases that dissuade girls from going into these fields, a new study suggests. Israeli ...

Young children are more inclined to believe incorrect math information from men than accurate information from women, according to a Rutgers University–New Brunswick study published in the journal ...

Math teachers who believe women no longer face discrimination tend to be biased against girls’ ability in math. This is what we found through an experiment we conducted with over 400 elementary and ...

The study suggests that children actively use gender stereotypes to guide how they learn. Young children trust math advice from men, even when it is wrong. A new study from Rutgers University–New ...

NEW YORK — The economist Larry Summers famously suggested once that so few women become scientists and engineers because of discrimination, preference, and even differences in innate ability. In a ...

Despite all the talk about encouraging girls in math and science, many teachers still harbor unconscious biases that dissuade girls from going into these fields, a new study suggests. Israeli ...