糖心动漫vlog

Special Report
Equity & Diversity Reported Essay

Students Need Anti-Bias Training, Too

By Catherine Gewertz 鈥 September 23, 2020 1 min read
  • Save to favorites
  • Print
Email Copy URL
BRIC ARCHIVE

Across the country, demonstrations against systemic racism, sparked by police killings of unarmed Black people, have led many K-12 糖心动漫vlog to re-evaluate their practices. Some are asking whether their curricula, instruction, and school climate must change to better serve students of color. Others are looking into anti-bias training for school staff. But focusing only on what adults should do differently overlooks a key constituency: students. They, too, have biases and blind spots. They, too, can behave in ignorant, insensitive ways. One teenager, Zoe虉 Jenkins, decided to do something about it. If ideas like hers鈥攅ffective anti-bias training for all students鈥攖ake root nationally, millions of young hearts and minds could change. Jenkins noticed that no one was teaching her fellow students about the realities of race and its effects on people and systems. She couldn鈥檛 find any trainings, so she teamed up with a university and a nonprofit to write one. We asked Jenkins to write about the project.

Read 鈥Why I鈥檓 Designing Anti-Bias Training for My Classmates鈥 by Zo毛 Jenkins.

A version of this article appeared in the September 23, 2020 edition of Education Week as Students Need Anti-Bias Training, Too

Events

This content is provided by our sponsor. It is not written by and does not necessarily reflect the views of Education Week's editorial staff.
Sponsor
College & Workforce Readiness Webinar
Smarter Tools, Stronger Outcomes: Empowering CTE Educators With Future-Ready Solutions
Open doors to meaningful, hands-on careers with research-backed insights, ideas, and examples of successful CTE programs.
Content provided by 
Reading & Literacy Webinar Supporting Older Struggling Readers: Tips From Research and Practice
Reading problems are widespread among adolescent learners. Find out how to help students with gaps in foundational reading skills.
This content is provided by our sponsor. It is not written by and does not necessarily reflect the views of Education Week's editorial staff.
Sponsor
Reading & Literacy Webinar
Improve Reading Comprehension: Three Tools for Working Memory Challenges
Discover three working memory workarounds to help your students improve reading comprehension and empower them on their reading journey.
Content provided by 

EdWeek Top School Jobs

Teacher Jobs
Search over ten thousand teaching jobs nationwide 鈥 elementary, middle, high school and more.
Principal Jobs
Find hundreds of jobs for principals, assistant principals, and other school leadership roles.
Administrator Jobs
Over a thousand district-level jobs: superintendents, directors, more.
Support Staff Jobs
Search thousands of jobs, from paraprofessionals to counselors and more.

Read Next

Equity & Diversity Trump Administration Moves to Cut Off Transgender Care for Children
U.S. officials are proposing new restrictions designed to block access to gender-affirming care for minors.
5 min read
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a news conference at the Hubert Humphrey Building Auditorium in Washington, on April 16, 2025.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a news conference at the Hubert Humphrey Building Auditorium in Washington, on April 16, 2025. Kennedy's department on Dec. 18, 2025, outlined new actions to cut access to gender-affirming care for minors.
Jose Luis Magana/AP
Equity & Diversity Trump Admin. Accuses Minneapolis Schools of Racism in Protecting Minority Teachers
The Justice Department has filed its latest suit alleging racism for efforts to boost teacher diversity.
Anthony Lonetree, Star Tribune
2 min read
The U.S. Department of Justice is suing Minneapolis Public Schools for discrimination in its efforts to shield teachers of color from layoffs and reassignments.
The U.S. Department of Justice is suing Minneapolis Public Schools for discrimination in its efforts to shield teachers of color from layoffs and reassignments.
Carlos Gonzalez/The Minnesota Star Tribune via TNS
Equity & Diversity Opinion 'Classrooms Sat Half-Empty': How ICE Activity Turned These Communities Upside Down
Nothing is normal about teaching or learning in fear-plagued communities.
8 min read
Conceptual illustration of classroom conversations and fragmented education elements coming together to form a cohesive picture of a book of classroom knowledge.
Sonia Pulido for Education Week
Equity & Diversity Opinion How to Help More Women Advance to the Superintendency
Despite ambition and talent, not enough female teachers break the glass ceiling as district leaders.
Krista Parent
4 min read
businesswoman building steps. Symbol of success, achievement, ambition, upskills and self development strategy concept
iStock/Getty Images