Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.
A new study out of Stanford University examines how college athletes may internalize stereotypes about their academic abilities, leading to lower test performances.
Thomas Dee is a professor at Stanford's Graduate School of Education and the author of the study "Stereotype threat and the student-athlete" and joined us to talk about how the "dumb jock" stereotype has the potential to affect athletes in the classroom.