UK: Boys will be boys: are schools guilty of unconscious gender bias?

Submitted by Mastodon on Sat, 2021-10-23 03:36

Article here. Excerpt:

'Teachers rewarded girls more than boys when estimating marks for this year’s Leaving Certificate students, according to a recent report by the State Examinations Commission (SEC). And it wasn’t down to the fact that girls did better than boys, the report suggests, but partly linked to “unconscious bias” in favour of girls.'

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