Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-193) and index.
Contents:
Overview: ethnic disproportionality in special education -- School structure: institutional bias and individual agency -- Cultural consonance, dissonance, and the nuances of racism -- In the classroom: opportunity to learn -- The construction of family identity: stereotypes and cultural capital -- At the conference table: the discourse of identity construction -- Bilingual issues and the referral process -- Constructing educable mental retardation: cracks and redundancies -- Constructing learning disabilities: redundancies and discrepancies -- Constructing behavior disorders: from troubling to troubled behavior -- Into special education: exile or solution?
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