September, 2019
This research brief summarizes five journal articles focused on the negative consequences of racial and other demographic stereotypes for students’ academic and life outcomes. These articles also offer interventions to remedy stereotyping including: 1) teacher training focused on understanding and overcoming one’s own possible bias related to students’ gender, ethnicity, or ELL status; 2) institutions, including school districts, reframing perceived negative events through messages and processes that could result in more positive outcomes; 2)student interventions related to values affirmation, growth mindset, and social belonging; and 4) teacher interventions related to empathic discipline and wise-feedback.