Tag: racial inequities
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A student with special education needs is denied services by the Whitefish Bay School District. Administration says it has no choice.
This article was published on the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel by Alec Johnson on March 16, 2021. A mom is accusing the Whitefish Bay School District of discriminating against racial minorities because it has denied her daughter special education services. But the school district says in cases like this, its hands can be tied under its Chapter…
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Segregation and Racial Gaps in Special Education
This article was published on Education Next by Todd E. Elder, David N. Figlio, Scott A. Imberman, and Claudia L. Persico on February 16, 2021. Racial segregation in U.S. schools has been illegal since the 1950s, but school enrollments remain stubbornly separate. About 70 percent of all Black students attend schools where more than half…