| Description |
xxxvii, 298 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Foreword / James M. Jeffords -- Racial inequity in special education / Daniel J. Losen, Gary Orfield -- Community and school predictors of overrepresentation of minority children in special education / Donald P. Oswald, Martha J. Coutinho, Al M. Best -- Racial disparities in the identification, funding, and provision of special education / Thomas Parrish -- Double jeopardy : an exploration of restrictiveness and race in special education / Edward Garcia Fierros, James W. Conroy -- Of rocks and soft places : using qualitative methods to investigate disproportionality / Beth Harry, Janette K. Klingner, Keith M. Sturges, Robert F. Moore -- 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 -- English-language learner representation in special education in California urban school districts / Alfredo J. Artiles, Robert Rueda, Jesús José Salazar, Inacio Higareda -- Disability, race, and high-stakes testing of students / Jay P. Heubert -- Legal challenges to inappropriate and inadequate special education for minority children / Daniel J. Losen, Kevin G. Welner -- Evaluating the Office for Civil Rights' Minority and Special Education Project / Theresa Glennon -- IDEA and disproportionality : federal enforcement, effective advocacy, and strategies for change / Thomas Hehir -- Ending segregation of Chicago's students with disabilities : implications of the Corey H. lawsuit / Sharon Weitzman Soltman, Donald R. Moore. |
| Subject |
Special education -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Discrimination in education -- United States.
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Minorities -- Education -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Losen, Daniel J.
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Orfield, Gary.
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Civil Rights Project (Harvard University)
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| ISBN |
1891792040 paperback |
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