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Discrit--Disability Studies and Critical Race Theory in Education
Contributor(s): Connor, David J. (Editor), Ferri, Beth A. (Editor), Annamma, Subini A. (Editor)
ISBN: 0807756687     ISBN-13: 9780807756683
Publisher: Teachers College Press
OUR PRICE:   $136.80  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: December 2015
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Education | Special Education - General
- Education | Multicultural Education
Dewey: 371.9
LCCN: 2015032687
Series: Disability, Culture, and Equity
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.15 lbs) 288 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - Multicultural
 
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Publisher Description:

This groundbreaking volume brings together major figures in Disability Studies in Education (DSE) and Critical Race Theory (CRT) to explore some of today's most important issues in education. Scholars examine the achievement/opportunity gaps from both historical and contemporary perspectives, as well as the overrepresentation 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). Readers will discover how some students are included (and excluded) within schools and society, why some citizens are afforded expanded (or limited) opportunities in life, and who moves up in the world and who is trapped at the "bottom of the well."

Book Features:

  • A unique exploration of the intersections of race, class, and dis/ability.
  • New insights into longstanding problems of inequity in American education.
  • An examination of the ways in which certain students come to fit into certain categories of dis/ability.
  • Creative ways to achieve changes in theory, research, practice, and policy that will promote more socially just education systems.