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Unlocking School Bias
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Unlocking School Bias
Using Neuroscience to Improve Student Outcomes

Foreword by David Flink



February 2025 | 176 pages | Corwin

Break through the bias barrier

What can happen in 200 milliseconds? In a word, everything. In that short time, your subconscious mind has shaped your perceptions and influenced your behaviors. In other words, you have experienced bias—for better or for worse.

Unlocking School Bias ends the confusion around bias and provides educators with research and strategies that enable them to effectively address bias in the classroom and school in appropriate and productive ways. Learn to explore your own and your students' biases and discover:

  • The latest research from psychology, education, and neuroscience
  • Different types of biases, including confirmation bias and impact bias, and how they manifest themselves in everyday life
  • Practical strategies for educators who are ready to change their and their students' actions
  • How patterns in one’s environment create biases and affect the brain’s development

Implicit bias occurs subconsciously and so quickly that the conscious brain is unaware that it happened. Yet, with mindful practice and reflection, we can rewrite the automated processes in our brains, stop our subconscious minds from determining our thoughts and behaviors, and help our students feel safe and successful in school.


 
About the Author
 
Foreword
 
The Birth of Bias: A Love Story
 
The Cup is Half Empty: Negative Bias
 
Believe It or Not: Confirmation Bias
 
Maximum Impact: Impact Bias
 
You Had Me at Hello: Face, Hands, Posture, Gesture, and Tone of Voice
 
Pattern Behavior: Patterns in Our Environment Create Bias
 
Culture Club: How Culture Can Shape Bias
 
Victim of Society: Pervasive Societal Biases
 
Conclusion: A Moment of Clarity
 
References

"With Unlocking School Bias, Horacio Sanchez takes a completely fresh approach to one of the most entrenched challenges that educators face: How do we address and ameliorate the harmful effects of bias? By better understanding the neuroscience of how bias evolves over time, Horacio removes blame and shame. He makes the complex clear and then translates the neuroscience into classroom practices that increase belonging and inclusion. If you are a district, school or classroom leader committed to equity and access for all students, this book will clarify, simplify, and energize your efforts.” 

Kerri Larkin
Kerri Larkin, Senior Education Advisor, Lexia

“Once again, Horacio Sanchez brings a clear, research-based, neuroscientific explanation to educators. Beginning with a statement of how bias is formed beginning in infancy, Horacio traces how biases develop and provides practical strategies for educators to reduce the harmful impact of negative bias. This is a great guide to interpreting emotions, mirror neurons, bias and non-verbal communication, the impact of culture on communication, and more. It's a must-read for all educators!”

Chris Mason, PhD
Founder and Senior Scholar, Center for Educational Improvement

"As the product of a single mother living in poverty, I truly recommend this book for ALL educators working with diverse populations! From beginning to end, this book is thought-provoking in a way that only Horacio Sanchez can deliver. He compels you to challenge your beliefs and behaviors in a way that is freeing, empowering, and benefits the greater good of humanity." 

LaQuanta Nelson, PhD
CEO of The BOSS Educator

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