Gathering Diverse Perspectives to Tackle "Wicked Problems": Racial/Ethnic Disproportionality in Educational Placement.
Among students receiving behavioral health and special education services, racial/ethnic minority students are consistently overrepresented in settings separate from general classrooms. Once separated, many young people struggle to improve academically and face significant difficulty upon trying to...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Community Psychology Vol. 65; no. 1/2; pp. 44 - 63 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Mar2020
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