Talk:Bias in education

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[edit] Political Bias

Is there any information out there on POLITICAL bias in schools? I know in the U.S. it's over 6 in 7 college professors and 8.5 in 10 high school teachers all belonging to the Democratic party as an example... and in some fields those numbers approach 100%... I hear about the issue from time to time on conservative radio shows (not what I'd call fair and unbiased sources) and occasionally in the newspaper (what I WOULD consider fair enough and unbiased enough to listen to). Any sources out there discussing it? If it exists? If two students wrote papers, one promoting self determination and one promoting socialism, but 90% of the teachers were socialists... since grading papers is often to some extent a judgement call it would seem the roots of educational bias exist. However if their's no study or solid information on it, it clearly does not belong on wikipedia w/o a good reference. Also wasn't there a professor in S.E. Asia recently who was put on charges for speaking against the king because he put questions on his university test that were rigged so the only answers the students could give were anti-monarchy?