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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Intersectional Needs Politics: A Policy Frame for the Wicked Problem of Disproportionality
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McCall, Zach; Skrtic, Thomas M. – Multiple Voices for Ethnically Diverse Exceptional Learners, 2009
The disproportionate representation of poor, working class, and racial/ethnic minority students in special education is a wicked policy problem because its formulation involves choosing among alternative problem interpretations and associated consequences. Integrating the work of Patricia Hill Collins and Nancy Fraser, the authors propose…
Descriptors: Working Class, Civil Rights, Disproportionate Representation, Institutional Role
An Organizational Analysis of the Overrepresentation of Poor and Minority Students in Special Education
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Skrtic, Thomas M. – Multiple Voices for Ethnically Diverse Exceptional Learners, 2003
By considering the overrepresentation problem in special education from an organizational perspective, the author argues that it is part of a broader problem associated with the political function of special education within public education. From this perspective, special education is an unintended consequence of bureaucratic schooling, an…
Descriptors: Inclusive Schools, Equal Education, Democracy, Disabilities