Urban Narratives foregrounds previously silenced voices of young people of color who are labeled disabled. Overrepresented in special education classes, yet underrepresented in educational research, these students the largest group within segregated special education classes share their perceptions of the world and their place within it. Eight portraits in progress consisting of their own words and framed by their poetry and drawings, reveal compelling insights about life inside and out of the American urban education system. The book uses an intersectional analysis to examine how...
Urban Narratives foregrounds previously silenced voices of young people of color who are labeled disabled. Overrepresented in special education...
Examines the achievement/opportunity gaps from both historical and contemporary perspectives, as well as the over representation of minority students in special education and the school-to-prison pipeline. Chapters also address school reform and the impact on students based on race, class, and dis/ability and the capacity of law and policy to include (and exclude).
Examines the achievement/opportunity gaps from both historical and contemporary perspectives, as well as the over representation of minority students ...
Examines the achievement/opportunity gaps from both historical and contemporary perspectives, as well as the over representation of minority students in special education and the school-to-prison pipeline. Chapters also address school reform and the impact on students based on race, class, and dis/ability and the capacity of law and policy to include (and exclude).
Examines the achievement/opportunity gaps from both historical and contemporary perspectives, as well as the over representation of minority students ...
