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Culturally Different Students in Special Education: Looking Backward to Move Forward
Content type: Journal Article
As the “land of opportunity” and arguably the greatest country in the world, the United States continues to change—culturally, racially, and linguistically. Reports abound regarding the changing demographics of the country and its schools. Over a 2-decade...
The Minority Report: Disproportionate Representation in Australia's Largest Education System
Content type: Journal Article
The overrepresentation of students from minority ethnic groups in separate special education settings has been extensively documented in North America, yet little research exists for Australian school systems. The authors of this study systematically...
Disproportionality in Special Education: Effects of Individual and School Variables on Disability Risk
Content type: Journal Article
We examined the risk of disability identification associated with individual and school variables. The sample included 18,000 students in 39 schools of an urban K-12 school system. Descriptive analysis showed racial minority risk varied across 7 disability...
Are Black Children Disproportionately Overrepresented in Special Education? A Best-Evidence Synthesis
Content type: Journal Article
We synthesized empirical work to evaluate whether Black children are disproportionately overrepresented in special education. We identified 22 studies that met a priori inclusion criteria including use of at least 1 covariate in the reported analyses...
Are Hispanic, Asian, Native American, or Language-Minority Children Overrepresented in Special Education?
Content type: Journal Article
We conducted a best-evidence synthesis of 22 studies to examine whether systemic bias explained minority disproportionate overrepresentation in special education. Of the total regression model estimates, only 7/168 (4.2%), 14/208 (6.7%), 2/37 (5.4%), and 6...
Be the Change
Content type: SET Blog
Posted:
2 June, 2020
The nation has been rocked by the deaths of numerous Black people in the past weeks. What does this have to do with special education? Here are some insight from one Black male special educator.
Guidance for the Antiracist Educator: Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies for Disability and Diversity
Content type: Journal Article
Racism in the United States has risen to the forefront of public awareness through the national outrage, grief, and terrible injustice and bias that continues to dictate the fates of individuals in our communities of color. Centuries of systemic racism...
"Wake Up Everybody": Time to Think Ahead
Content type: SET Blog
Posted:
25 February, 2021
As teachers, we are often very resistant to trouble. I mean...PBIS, right? But sometimes, you have to—as the beloved John Lewis often said and reminded us before he became ancestor—get in ‘good trouble’.
We’re Winning But We’re Tired: How I’m Keeping the Momentum Going From Our Fight for Educational Equity Both In and Out of the Classroom
Content type: SET Blog
Posted:
13 November, 2019
It’s officially Fall, and teachers everywhere are celebrating the recent victory of the Chicago Teachers Union. At the same time, we are tired, burnt out, and counting down the days until Thanksgiving break. Here's how I'm keeping the momentum going – not...
New Equity Resource for Educators and Stakeholders Released
Content type: SET Blog
Posted:
27 August, 2020
The COVID-19 Education Coalition Centering Equity workgroup has released a set of questions that educators, school, district and state leaders, parents, and communities can ask to spark discussions to address accessibility, educator capacity, quality of...