Disproportionality in Special Education | IDEA Part B | Module 5
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Disproportionality/Over-Under Representation
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Renegotiating School-Police Partnerships
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Is There Racial Inequality at Your School?
Based on civil rights data released by the U.S. Department of Education, ProPublica has built an interactive database to examine racial disparities in educational opportunities and school discipline. Using the database, you can look up more than 96,000 individual public and charter schools and 17,000 districts to see how they compare with their counterparts.
Read more about (and access) the database as well as get tips for searching for and connecting with school-specific information and district-wide profiles.
Disabling Punishment: The Need for Remedies to the Disparate Loss of Instruction Experienced by Black Students with Disabilities
This report provides the first state-by-state estimate of how much instructional time is lost for students with disabilities due to disciplinary actions such as school suspension. The study documents the disparities between black and white students with disabilities.
The difference in days of lost instruction means there are huge inequities in the opportunity to learn. The study was prompted the U.S. Department of Education’s decision in February 2018 to seek comments on its intention to delay implementation of the IDEA regulations that pertain to racial disproportionality in special education, which include disciplinary disparities. The report on the findings of the study includes recommendations. An executive summary is also available.
Read more about, and access, the report as well as the executive summary.
School Discipline Data Indicators: A Guide for Districts and Schools
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Dear Colleague Letter on Preventing Racial Discrimination in Special Education
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Education issued a 25-page Dear Colleague Letter on Preventing Racial Discrimination in Special Education on December 12, 2016, to help ensure that all students, regardless of race, color, or national origin, have equitable access to high-quality general and special education instruction.
School Climate and Discipline
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Methods for Assessing Racial/Ethnic Disproportionality in Special Education – A Technical Assistance Guide Revised
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Addressing Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Student Overrepresentation in Special Education: Guidelines for Parents
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