article_snippet.sent: Teachers can judge the behaviour of black students more harshly than while pupils, new research has suggested.
article_snippet.sent: A study by researchers at Stanford University found that the teachers were more likely to view youngsters who the teachers thought were black as troublemakers than those the teachers thought were white.
article_snippet.sent: Teachers tend to see black pupils as more likely to cause trouble in the future if Teachers have misbehaved in the past, according to new research that attempted to examine the impact of racial stereotypes in US schools .
article_snippet.sent: researchers at Stanford University say this may go someway towards explaining why black children are often disciplined more at schools compared to other pupils.
article_snippet.sent: Professor Jennifer Eberhardt, a psychologist at Stanford University, said: 'The fact that black children are disproportionately disciplined in school is behind dispute. '
article_snippet.sent: However, the second piece of misbehaviour was seen as 'more troubling' when committed by a black student rather than a white one.
article_snippet.sent: In the US black students are disproportionately punished for misbehaviour compared to white students .
article_snippet.sent: The teachers also tended to want to discipline black students more harshly as The teachers were more likely to see misbehaviour as part of a pattern.
article_snippet.sent: In 2005 Trevor Phillips, then the chairman of the Commission For Racial Equality in the UK, suggested that black boys should be taught in separate classes in order to improve black boys educational achievements as a group.
article_snippet.sent: His controversial idea was met with opposition from some who said ghetto culture was to blame for the poor classroom performance of black boys, not just racism.
highlights_snippet.sent: Study found US teachers judge black pupils more harshly after US teachers have misbehaved than white students who have committed similar infractions .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: The research say The research findings may help to explain why black pupils seem to be disproportionarly punished in schools when compared to other students .