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Download full textBelcher, Rebecca Newcom – 2001
The overrepresentation of African American students in special education programs is of national concern. Research has identified a higher special education placement rate of African American male students with Caucasian teachers. Yet the current U.S. teaching force includes only 4 percent African American teachers. To identify factors predictive…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Black Students, Disproportionate Representation, Elementary Secondary Education
