How We Talk About the Achievement Gap Could Worsen Public Racial Biases Against Black Students is an article in Ed Week (which is the source of the quote in the text box) about a new study.

Fortunately, the study, Experimental Effects of “Achievement Gap” News Reporting on Viewers’ Racial Stereotypes, Inequality Explanations, and Inequality Prioritization, is not behind a paywall.

Researchers found that framing education education disparities in the context of an “achievement gap” resulted in a substantial increase in implicit biases against African-American students and a reduction in academic expectations.

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