The hegemony within the education system allows for teachers to maintain biases that may go unrecognized. In Pedagogy: A look at the Modern Concepts, Peter Mclaren cites research directed toward teachers' different reactions to female and male students. On pages 75 through 76, in a section titled "Hidden Curriculum", the results show that girls and boys are treated differently, and in the case of the observation cited in the third paragraph of the section, teachers did not even realize that the boys were talking more than the girls. If social institutions such as schools are seen as maintaining he hegemony, then it becomes more difficult to hold teachers completely responsible. They are very much a product of the system they are part of. This is not to say that teachers are stuck in a specific hegemony that treats boys and girls differently, but raher, that society is stuck in a hegemonic state; with one being replaced by another. The distinction between males and females is an old hegemony that has changed some, but it usually results in placing men over women. Because of this information, one of the primary goals of education should be to develope the ability to question what is presented as true.
               It is questioning that girls are taught not to do as this section states. Regardless whether the answer is wrong or right, or whether the question is good or not, boys are accepted and encouraged to interact with the classroom in this way. The article claims that girls are generally put down for showing the same kind of inititive as the boys do. Though the article already cites studies already done, this is an important issue regarding the education system and must be studied further. When teachers are reported to be unable to see their own biases, then it becomes harder to trust that the classroom is a fair place for the education of all the students. In the wake of academic effects such as No Child Left Behind, it is crucial to research classroom interactions with regards to equality and bias.