Why are so many minority students in special education? : understanding race & disability in schools / Beth Harry, Janette Klingner ; forewords by Lisa D. Delpit and Alfredo Artiles.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Teachers College Press, [2014]Edition: Second editionDescription: xvii, 236 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780807755068 (pbk.)
  • 0807755060 (pbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • LC 3981 .H36 2014
Contents:
Overview: Ethnic disproportionality in special education -- School structure: institutional bias and individual agency -- Cultural consonance, dissonance, and the nuances of racism -- In the classroom: opportunity to learn -- The construction of family identity: stereotypes and cultural capital -- At the conference table: the discourse of identity construction -- Bilingual issues and the referral process -- Constructing intellectual disability: cracks and redundancies -- Constructing learning disabilities: redundancies and discrepancies -- Constructing emotional/behavior disorders: from troubling to troubled behavior -- Into special education: exile or solution? -- Conclusion -- Epilogue. Research methods: Who are we and how did we do this research?
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-228) and index.

Overview: Ethnic disproportionality in special education -- School structure: institutional bias and individual agency -- Cultural consonance, dissonance, and the nuances of racism -- In the classroom: opportunity to learn -- The construction of family identity: stereotypes and cultural capital -- At the conference table: the discourse of identity construction -- Bilingual issues and the referral process -- Constructing intellectual disability: cracks and redundancies -- Constructing learning disabilities: redundancies and discrepancies -- Constructing emotional/behavior disorders: from troubling to troubled behavior -- Into special education: exile or solution? -- Conclusion -- Epilogue. Research methods: Who are we and how did we do this research?

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