In the News: Ying Shi
How Does Positive Bias Affect Asian Students and Other Students of Color?
New research from CPR Associates on the “model minority” stereotype finds that teachers rate Asian students’ academic skills more favorably than White students. In addition, teachers respond to the presence of any Asian student in the classroom by widening Black-White and Hispanic-White assessment gaps.
Shi Article on Putting Teachers on School Boards Published in Education Next
Ying Shi, assistant professor of public administration and international affairs, and John G. Singleton of the University of Rochester, investigated what happens when educators are elected to school boards. "Despite raising teachers’ salaries, electing an educator to a school board does not translate into improved outcomes for students and has negative impacts on charter schools."
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Shi and Zhu Examine Bias Against Asian Students in a New Study in Journal of Public Economics
"'Model minorities'" in the classroom? Positive evaluation bias towards Asian students and its consequences," co-authored by Ying Shi, assistant professor of public administration and international affairs, and Maria Zhu, assistant professor of economics, was published in the Journal of Public Economics.
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WP 253 Positive Evaluation Bias towards Asian Students and its Consequences
Research on Racial Disparities in Education by Professors Drake, Shi and Zhu Cited in NY Times
The work of Sean Drake, assistant professor of sociology, Ying Shi, assistant professor of public administration and international affairs, and Maria Zhu, assistant professor of economics, was referenced in the article, "Asian American Students Face Bias, but It’s Not What You Might Think."
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Equal time for equal crime? Racial bias in school discipline
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Shi, Zhu paper on racial bias in school discipline published in EdWorkingPapers
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Shi article on the unequal distribution of substitute teaching
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Shi article on low-income female students and the reversal of the Black-White gap published in AERA
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Shi’s education research funded by Russell Sage and Gates Foundations
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Shi paper on selective education published in Economics of Education Review
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Maxwell announces new faculty members, department chair
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Shi article on skill acquisition and immigrants’ specialization in STEM careers published in PNAS
Shi paper on the puzzle of missing female engineers published in Economics of Education Review
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Shi study on cross-cutting messages and voter turnout published in Political Communication
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