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Racial inequity in special education / edited by Daniel J. Losen, Gary Orfield ; forword by Senator James M. Jeffords.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Special education--Government policy--United States.
- Special education.
- Discrimination in education--Government policy--United States.
- Discrimination in education.
- Educational equalization--Government policy--United States.
- Educational equalization.
- Educational equalization--Government policy.
- Discrimination in education--Government policy.
- Special education--Government policy.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xxxvii, 298 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : The Civil Rights Project at Harvard University : Harvard Education Press, [2002]
- Contents:
- Introduction: Racial Inequity in Special Education / Daniel J. Losen, Gary Orfield xv
- Chapter 1 Community and School Predictors of Overrepresentation of Minority Children in Special Education / Donald P. Oswald, Martha J. Coutinho, Al M. Best 1
- Chapter 2 Racial Disparities in the Identification, Funding, and Provision of Special Education / Thomas Parrish 15
- Chapter 3 Double Jeopardy: An Exploration of Restrictiveness and Race in Special Education / Edward Garcia Fierros, James W. Conroy 39
- Chapter 4 Of Rocks and Soft Places: Using Qualitative Methods to Investigate Disproportionality / Beth Harry, Janette K. Klingner, Keith M. Sturges, Robert F. Moore 71
- Chapter 5 Schools Make a Difference: The Overrepresentation of African American Youth in Special Education and the Juvenile Justice System / David Osher, Darren Woodruff, Anthony E. Sims 93
- Chapter 6 English-Language Learner Representation in Special Education in California Urban School Districts / Alfredo J. Artiles, Robert Rueda, Jesus Jose Salazar, Ignacio Higareda 117
- Chapter 7 Disability, Race, and High-Stakes Testing of Students / Jay P. Heubert 137
- Chapter 8 Legal Challenges to Inappropriate and Inadequate Special Education for Minority Children / Daniel J. Losen, Kevin G. Welner 167
- Chapter 9 Evaluating the Office for Civil Rights' Minority and Special Education Project / Theresa Glennon 195
- Chapter 10 IDEA and Disproportionality: Federal Enforcement, Effective Advocacy, and Strategies for Change / Thomas Hehir 219
- Chapter 11 Ending Segregation of Chicago's Students with Disabilities: Implications of the Corey H. Lawsuit / Sharon Weitzman Soltman, Donald R. Moore 239.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1891792040
- OCLC:
- 51526741
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