Equity as a Basis for Inclusive Educational Systems Change

Australasian Journal of Special Education

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 1-17

  Sailor, Wayne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

equity; inclusion; multi tiered system of support; systems change; universal design for learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84995478878     PISSN: 10300112     EISSN: 18336914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jse.2016.12     Document Type: Article

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