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Harris, Yvette R.; Schroeder, Valarie M. – International Education Studies, 2013
This focus of this paper is to present an overview of the current research which examines the language and literacy performance of African American children who speak African American Vernacular English (AAVE), as presented from a deficit versus difference perspective. Language and literacy and assessment and remediation of AAVE speakers are…
Descriptors: African American Students, Children, Black Dialects, Native Language
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Mavrogordato, Madeline – Peabody Journal of Education, 2012
Sixty years ago, federal guidelines regarding the instruction of special populations in American public schools were nonexistent. Racial minorities, language minorities, women, the poor, and those with physical and mental disabilities had not been identified as groups that needed special protections. Much has changed since then. Federal…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Language Minorities, Equal Education, Federal Legislation