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Special Schooling for Indigenous Students: A New Form of Racial Discrimination?
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de Plevitz, Loretta – Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2006
Recent reports on Indigenous education have revealed that high proportions of students have been placed in special classes for intellectual disability or behaviour disorders. This is not an isolated phenomenon. Indigenous students in Canada and Romani children in Europe are also disproportionately represented in special schooling. This paper asks…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Racial Segregation, Mental Retardation, Special Classes