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ERIC Number: EJ479386
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4669
Overrepresentation of Minority Students in Special Education: A Continuing Debate.
Artiles, Alfredo J.; Trent, Stanley C.
Journal of Special Education, v27 n4 p410-37 Win 1994
This article reviews historically the overrepresentation of Latino and African-American students in special education; examines the influence of court cases, debate about systemic issues, demographic and socioeconomic changes, the construction of minority students' school failure, and the fallacy of the cultural diversity-disability analogy; and offers solutions. (JDD)
Descriptors: Black Students, Court Litigation, Cultural Differences, Disabilities, Educational History, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Hispanic Americans, Incidence, Minority Group Children, Socioeconomic Background, Special Education, Student Placement
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: African Americans; Minority Overrepresentation
Note: Special Issue: Theory and Practice of Special Education: Taking Stock a Quarter Century after Deno and Dunn.