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Special Education We are committed to generating and synthesizing research on key civil rights and equal opportunity policies that have been neglected or overlooked. Racial Inequity in Special Education: An Executive Summary for Federal Policy MakersThe Civil Rights Project. September 23, 2002 Minority children with disabilities all too often experience inadequate services, low-quality curriculum and instruction, and unnecessary isolation from their nondisabled peers. Moreover, inappropriate practices in both general and special education classrooms have resulted in overrepresentation, misclassification, and hardship for minority students, particularly black children.
Racial Inequity in Special Education Edited by Daniel J. Losen and Gary Orfield. Harvard Education Press. September 1, 2002 Racial inequities pervade special education in U.S. schools today. Minority children-especially African Americans-are far more likely than white children to be designated mentally retarded or emotionally disturbed and therefore in need of special education. Even when appropriately placed in special education classes, minority children often receive poorer services than disabled white children.
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