Increasingly, educators have been charged with delivering academic and other instruction to
groups of students who are culturally unlike themselves. What teachers know regarding the …

The student population in American public schools has become increasingly diverse;
however, the teacher workforce remains primarily White (80%). The purpose of the current …

Researchers in the field of special education has voiced concerns about the
disproportionality of diverse students identified for special education services for decades …

Research on disproportionate representation in special education has potential to influence
policy in ways that rectify educational inequities. In this study, we investigated how …

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ([IDEA] 2004; IDEA Amendments 1997) is a
civil rights–based law designed to protect the rights of students with disabilities in US …

School counselors are busy. We typically face large student caseloads and see students
with a host of needs: anxiety, depression, family challenges, feelings of isolation, trauma …

With the rapid increase of students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
bringing a shift in the landscape in today's schools, equity discourses continue to arise. For …

Disproportionality research has been subject to multiple reviews, but there has been less
critical examination of the policy dimension of this enduring educational problem. Given the …

School choice research has provided some initial understandings of how parents choose
schools. Parents' school options are bounded to differentiated choice sets—the menu of …

The teacher shortage currently plaguing the United States is exacerbated in the urban
context. One particular model being adopted in urban school districts to address the teacher …