Why are so many minority students in special education? : understanding race & disability in schools /
Harry, Beth.
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. - Second edition. - xvii, 236 pages ; 23 cm
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?
9780807755068 (pbk.) 0807755060 (pbk.)
2013050945
Special education--Evaluation.--United States
Children with disabilities--Education--Evaluation.--United States
Discrimination in education--United States.
Minorities--Education--United States.
Educational equalization--United States.
LC 3981 / .H36 2014
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. - Second edition. - xvii, 236 pages ; 23 cm
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?
9780807755068 (pbk.) 0807755060 (pbk.)
2013050945
Special education--Evaluation.--United States
Children with disabilities--Education--Evaluation.--United States
Discrimination in education--United States.
Minorities--Education--United States.
Educational equalization--United States.
LC 3981 / .H36 2014