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DeMatthews, David E.; Serafini, Amy; Watson, Terri N. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2021
Background: For over 50 years, special education has been used as a tool to maintain racial segregation, particularly in schools located in low-income communities of color. This study utilized tenets found in disability critical race theory (DisCrit) and inclusive school leadership literature to examine the perceptions, practices, and challenges…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Regular and Special Education Relationship, Principals, Administrator Attitudes
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Shealey, Monika Williams; Lue, Martha Scott – Multicultural Perspectives, 2006
The overrepresentation of students of color in special education continues to be a prevalent, disturbing, and heavily debated problem in this country. What remains is the reality that a large number of African American students continue to be referred and placed in special education programs. On the heels of 2 reports commissioned by the National…
Descriptors: African American Students, Disproportionate Representation, Special Education, Urban Schools