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...child to crib death or some other natural cause. Now, in addition to enduring their grief, they will face more intense questioning from officials. But SIDS parents are among the most fervent supporters of stricter investigations. "The truth," notes Thomas Moran, president of the SIDS alliance, "is that bias and confusion will disappear only when people are really sure why every baby in this country dies...
Assistant Professor of Computer Science Margo I. Seltzer '83 says the discrepancy may result from a cultural bias against women who pursue scientific interests. "This problem starts much sooner than high school and college," she says...
Ironically, today, may physicians, when face with a painfully thin male, would be at a loss. "I don't' want to say that there's a bias against spotting eating disorders in men, but it's certainly much less likely to be diagnosed as quickly as in a women," says Heatherton...
...twice as boisterous and twice as physical as white students? "That's ridiculous," says attorney Trudy Rauh, who represents parents and students in the bias suit against CPS that began in 1974. Eager to end the costly suit, the school board last fall acceded to the plaintiffs' demand for racial data to be collected on teachers as part of a broad new plan to hold them more accountable for students' behavior. The settlement warned that "staff members who are deficient in student-behavior management will not be retained in their positions if they fail to improve...
...justified in sending twice as many blacks as whites to the assistant principal -- nationwide, black students are disciplined in disproportionate numbers -- what about the teacher who disciplines five or even six times as many black students? Shouldn't administrators be able to identify such egregious examples of racial bias? Moreover, Superintendent Brandt says, offending teachers -- meaning those instructors whose racial- discipline patterns are grossly out of whack with those of their colleagues -- will first be offered counseling to improve their management skills...