The Unteachables : Disability Rights and the Invention of Black Special Education

• Autore: Mayes Keith A. <1967->
• Pubblicazione: Torino : , : University of Minnesota Press, , 2023; ©2023
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (402 pages)
• Disciplina: 371.9
• Soggetto topico: African Americans with disabilities - Education - History - 20th century; African American children - Education - History - 20th century; Special education - Social aspects - United States - History - 20th century; Discrimination in education - United States - History - 20th century
• Soggetto geografico: United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: History; Electronic books.
• Nota di contenuto: Who are the unteachables? : a genealogy of race, retardation, and intelligence -- The road from mental retardation : civil rights, disability rights, and equal educational opportunity -- Disabling Black poverty, supporting White underachievement : race and the construction of federal special education policy -- Challenging special education from above and below : contestations of the 1970s and 1980s -- Emotional behavior disorder and other conduct problems : the intersection of race, research, and policy -- The implications of unteachability : special education into the twenty-first century.
• Sommario/riassunto: "The Unteachables examines the overrepresentation of Black students in special education over the course of the twentieth century. Excavating the deep-seated racism embedded in both the public school system and public policy, it explores the discriminatory labeling of Black students, and how it indelibly contributed to special education disproportionality, to student discipline and push-out practices, and to the school-to-prison pipeline effect"--
• Titolo autorizzato: The Unteachables
• ISBN: 1-4529-6474-2; 1-4529-6473-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910860892703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II