Comments on: What are the statistics of special education students? http://honestfluadvice.com/special-education/what-are-the-statistics-of-special-education-students/ Honest flu advice. Mon, 26 Apr 2010 10:29:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: jeff lawrence http://honestfluadvice.com/special-education/what-are-the-statistics-of-special-education-students/comment-page-1/#comment-4951 jeff lawrence Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:21:13 +0000 http://honestfluadvice.com/special-education/what-are-the-statistics-of-special-education-students/#comment-4951 The key words to search are: "overidentification," "African American," and also "Emotionally Disturbed" or "Special Education." Your professor probably wants you to address the disproportionate numbers of African American males identified as "Emotionally Disturbed," as well as in other Special Education programs. Looking at the statistics, it appears to be a case racism or a lack of understanding of non-Eurocentric cultures. School values students who sit, raise their hands to speak, etc., which is thought to be Eurocentric and not sympathetic to the diverse cultural backgrounds of at-risk student populations. The key words to search are: “overidentification,” “African American,” and also “Emotionally Disturbed” or “Special Education.”

Your professor probably wants you to address the disproportionate numbers of African American males identified as “Emotionally Disturbed,” as well as in other Special Education programs. Looking at the statistics, it appears to be a case racism or a lack of understanding of non-Eurocentric cultures. School values students who sit, raise their hands to speak, etc., which is thought to be Eurocentric and not sympathetic to the diverse cultural backgrounds of at-risk student populations.

]]> By: glaciergran http://honestfluadvice.com/special-education/what-are-the-statistics-of-special-education-students/comment-page-1/#comment-4950 glaciergran Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:15:39 +0000 http://honestfluadvice.com/special-education/what-are-the-statistics-of-special-education-students/#comment-4950 I googled "special education statistics" and got lots of links to check. Here are a few. Hope this helps! education.alberta.ca/admin/special.aspx I googled “special education statistics” and got lots of links to check. Here are a few. Hope this helps!

education.alberta.ca/admin/special.aspx

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