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Why Are So Many Minority Students in Special Education?

Understanding Race and Disability in Schools

Second Edition

Beth Harry, Janette Klingner

Publication Date: May 2, 2014

Pages: 256

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ISBN: 9780807755068
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Why Are So Many Minority Students in Special Education? 9780807755068
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The second edition of this powerful book examines the disproportionate placement of Black and Hispanic students in special education. The authors present compelling, research-based stories representing the range of experiences faced by culturally and linguistically diverse students who fall in the liminal shadow of perceived disability. They examine the children’s experiences, their families’ interactions with school personnel, the teachers’ and schools’ estimation of the children and their families, and the school climate that influences decisions about referrals to special education. Based on the authors’ 4 years of ethnographic research in a large, culturally diverse school district, the book concludes with recommendations for improving educational practice, teacher training, and policy renewal.

The expanded second edition retains all of the vividly described cases of the original research and brings additional insight to the issue of disproportionality by:

  • Reframing the policy context to address key developments in the placement process, with a particular focus on Response to Intervention.
  • Including a new appendix that describes and reflects on the challenges, strengths, and dilemmas of the research methodology of the study.
  • Updating the figures and literature on disproportionality.

Author+

Beth Harry is a professor of special education and chair of the Department of Teaching and Learning at the University of Miami. She is also the founder of the Immortelle Center for Special Education in Port of Spain, Trinidad. Janette Klingner is a professor at the University of Colorado in Educational Equity and Cultural Diversity. She is president elect for the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) and a vice-president for the International Academy for Research on Learning Disabilities.

Reviews+

"This book provides a thorough and detailed description of the multiple factors that combine to provide inequitable educational opportunities for minority students living in poverty…the authors do not shy away from discussion of racism on the individual and institutional levels....they engage in this discussion in a refreshingly detailed and nuanced way..."

- Teachers College Record (first edition)

“Harry and Klingner’s work makes a substantial contribution to a new generation of equity research concerned with the complexities of 21st-century education in pluricultural societies.”
—From the Foreword to the second edition by Alfredo J. Artiles, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University

“The authors ask that we not concern ourselves with the kind of labeling and sorting that can serve to reinforce the negative stereotypes that this country’s history has spawned. We just need to teach students what they need to know.”
—From the Foreword to the first edition by Lisa D. Delpit, Florida International University

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