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Author Harry, Beth.

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

Publication Info. New York ; London : Teachers College Press, [2006]
©2006

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  371.9089 H323W    Check Shelf
Description xv, 207 pages ; 24cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-193) and index.
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 educable mental retardation: cracks and redundancies -- Constructing learning disabilities: redundancies and discrepancies -- Constructing behavior disorders: from troubling to troubled behavior -- Into special education: exile or solution?
Subject Special education -- United States -- Evaluation.
Children with disabilities -- Education -- United States -- Evaluation.
Discrimination in education -- United States.
Minorities -- Education -- United States.
Educational equalization -- United States.
Added Author Klingner, Janette K.
ISBN 0807746258 cloth alkaline paper
9780807746257 cloth alkaline paper
080774624X paperback alkaline paper
9780807746240 paperback alkaline paper
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