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Tamara Handy – Teachers College Record, 2024
Background: The field of special education (SPED) has struggled with persistent equity problems in providing meaningful learning opportunities for students of color. These inequities are experienced by students who are navigating the intersection of race and disability, marginalizing and harming them. Critical scholars urge SPED to carefully…
Descriptors: Special Education, Equal Education, Colonialism, Minority Group Students
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Dosun Ko; Dian Mawene; Boris Krichevsky; Sumin Lim – Review of Educational Research, 2024
In the U.S. school system, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) students often experience multiple forms of marginalization at the intersection of racism, ableism, and other forms of subjugation. To reform dysfunctional school systems, teacher education programs must create transformative spaces to nurture future educators committed to…
Descriptors: Minority Group Students, Students with Disabilities, Equal Education, Social Justice
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Sinclair, James; Jez, Rebekka; Banks, Joy; Kucharczyk, Suzanne – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2023
There is a common narrative in the field of transition: students with disabilities continue to experience poorer post-school outcomes compared with their peers without disabilities. After decades of research and practice, scholars and practitioners have impacted countless numbers of students. However, disparate outcomes for diverse youth still…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Transitional Programs, Career Development, Racism
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Stansberry Brusnahan, L. Lynn; Harkins Monaco, Elizabeth A.; Fuller, Marcus; Dixon, Korto – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2023
For education to be a means of social transformation that is equitable for all, including students with disabilities, it is important for educators to understand and infuse student's multiple social identities and culture into educational planning and preparation for life. Intersectionality theory is a way to understand inequities by acknowledging…
Descriptors: Diversity, Equal Education, Inclusion, Intersectionality
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Dosun Ko; Dian Mawene; Yehyang Lee; Sumin Lim; Jahyun Yoo – Exceptional Children, 2025
In the U.S. education system, students of color experience multiple forms of marginalization at the intersection of markers of difference. These injustices manifest in multiple forms, such as higher rates of inappropriate referrals to special education, misidentification, conferring stigmatizing labels, and subsequently placing students of color…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Policy Analysis, Equal Education, Racism
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Gerlinde Beckers – Research Issues in Contemporary Education, 2024
This position paper identifies the complexity of the special education teacher (SET) shortage and the social injustices of the already marginalized population of students with disabilities (SWD). Nationally, policy reforms and teacher certification initiatives may have unknowingly perpetuated the shortage of SET in an attempt to increase the…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Special Education Teachers, Teacher Shortage, Students with Disabilities
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Mercédès A. Cannon; David I. Hernández-Saca – Theory Into Practice, 2024
Teachers' and practitioners' pedagogical practices also have legal professional responsibilities and regulations to adhere to under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. We understand the former as the policy master narrative that can reify inaccessibility in the classroom. We take a paradigmatic shift focusing on "storying"…
Descriptors: African American Students, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, Females
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Bellman, Scott; Burgstahler, Sheryl; Selvakumar, Meena – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2022
The University of Washington's (UW) "Access to Informal STEM Learning (AccessISL)" project employs a student-centered approach and potentially transformative practices that embrace the social model of disability, social justice education, disability as a diversity issue, intersectionality, and universal design. A leadership team of…
Descriptors: College Students, Internship Programs, STEM Education, Student Centered Learning
Ali, Vincent; Ellison, Scott; Hernández-Saca, David; Levingston, Joyce; Mabry, Chatara; Marietta, Anna Patch; Powell, Shakila; Thompson, Karen; Young, Jamisia – Midwest and Plains Equity Assistance Center, 2023
This zine represents a large community project done with the collaboration of Waterloo's NAACP Education Chapter, ASK (Access for Special Kids) Resource Center, community members, caregivers, college students, and faculty. The importance of this zine was to highlight the work from town hall meetings and caregiver interviews, but also show…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Special Education, Minority Group Students, Equal Education