Who is placed into special education?

Sociology of Education

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 312-332

  Hibel, Jacob ^a   Farkas, George ^b   Morgan, Paul L ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

disability; race ethnicity; school context; special education

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149389346     PISSN: 00380407     EISSN: 19398573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038040710383518     Document Type: Article

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