Math teachers demonstrate a bias toward white male students

Monday, April 16, 2012 - 13:00 in Psychology & Sociology

While theories about race, gender, and math ability among high school students have long been debated, a recent study found that math teachers are in fact, unjustifiably biased toward their white male students. This study was published in a new article released in the April 2012 issue of Gender & Society (GENDSOC), the official journal of the Sociologists for Women in Society, published by SAGE.

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