Addressing the disproportionate representation of culturally and linguistically diverse students in special education through culturally responsive educational systems

Education Policy Analysis Archives

Volumn 13, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Klingner, Janette K ^a   Artiles, Alfredo J ^b   Kozleski, Elizabeth ^c   Harry, Beth ^d   Zion, Shelley ^c   Tate, William ^e   Durán, Grace Zamora ^f   Riley, David ^g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f United States Department of Education   (United States)

^g Education Development Center

^h EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural diversity; Culturally responsive education; Disproportionate representation; Linguistic diversity; Special education

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944454519     PISSN: 10682341     EISSN: 10682341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14507/epaa.v13n38.2005     Document Type: Review

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