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Download full textCartledge, Gwendolyn – Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 2005
Disproportionality in special education is a widespread problem for racial minorities, particularly for African and Native American students. Furthermore, special education placements for racial minority students tend to be highly restrictive and permanent. School personnel might approach this problem through a focus on prevention. That is,…
Descriptors: Racial Bias, Disproportionate Representation, High Risk Students, Disabilities
Grant, Patrick A. – Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 2005
The education of special needs students continues to show a complete disregard for the lack of appropriate services for minority groups. The over-representation of African American learners in the more restrictive placement continues. The advent of charter schools have not changed this picture, and in some cases the discrimination of minorities in…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Disabilities, Cultural Differences, Special Education
