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Over Represented -- Under Represented: The Juxtaposition of Black Males in Special Education Programs
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Gibson, Lenwood – Multicultural Learning and Teaching, 2022
The disproportionate, over-representation of Black boys in special education continues to be a matter of social injustice and inequity in education. Many Black students are placed in special education due to subjective identification processes. This is especially true when it comes to classifications such as Emotional Behavior Disorders (EBD).…
Descriptors: Disproportionate Representation, African American Students, Special Education, Social Justice
Promoting Positive Teacher-Student Relationships through Creating a Plan for Classroom Management On-Boarding
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Hunter, William C.; Jasper, Andrea D.; Barnes, Keishana; Davis, Luann Ley; Davis, Kimberley; Singleton, Jacques; Barton-Arwood, Sally; Scott, Terry – Multicultural Learning and Teaching, 2023
Classroom management is cited as a frequent concern by many teachers. These concerns with classroom management are commonly rooted in a struggle to effectively engage students and a failure to form authentic relationships with students. Centering Culturally Relevant Pedagogy is crucial when effectively engaging and building authentic relationships…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Culturally Relevant Education, Student Diversity, Emotional Disturbances
An Examination of Reading and Discipline Data for Elementary and Secondary African American Students: Implications for Special Education
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Bowman-Perrott, Lisa; Lewis, Chance W. – Multicultural Learning and Teaching, 2008
The achievement gap between African American students and their Caucasian peers has been of concern for quite some time in the field of education (Orfield, Losen, Wald, & Swanson, 2004). As a result, this article examined high stakes reading test scores for 4,135 African American students in grades 3 through 10 in a Midwestern school district.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Data Analysis, Student Records, African American Students
Perspectives on Team Teachers Who Are Culturally Different
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Bakken, Jeffrey P.; Whedon, Craig K.; Fletcher, Reginald – Multicultural Learning and Teaching, 2006
The purpose of this study was to investigate the perceptions of urban students regarding their teachers who were of different races/ethnicities. The participants in this study were twelve students (African-American, Caucasian, and Bi-Racial) in an urban elementary school. The twelve students were in a special education self-contained classroom and…
Descriptors: Teamwork, Teacher Collaboration, Cultural Differences, Diversity (Faculty)