Historical and legal overview of special education overrepresentation: Access and equity denied

DY Ford, CJ Russo - Multiple Voices for Ethnically Diverse …, 2016 - meridian.allenpress.com
The history of the denial of equal education opportunities to Black children is a long one,
whether through racial segregation or overrepresentation in special education. No other …

A matter of equity: Desegregating and integrating gifted and talented education for under-represented students of color

DY Ford, BL Wright, M Trotman Scott - Multicultural Perspectives, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Access to gifted and talented education (referral, identification, and classes) and advanced
classes has been challenging for two student groups of color—Black and Hispanic students …

Multicultural issues: Recruiting and retaining Black and Hispanic students in gifted education: Equality versus equity schools

DY Ford - Gifted Child Today, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
July 2015 GIFTED CHILD TODAY guidelines proposed by Ford (2013, 2014; Ford & Russo,
2015). As discussed next, a significant distinction in these districts is their philosophy and …

The influence of teachers' colorblind expectations on the political, normative, and technical dimensions of educational reform

DD Liou, PR Leigh… - International Journal …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
This ethnographic case study examined the experiences of African American students within
an urban school detracking reform initiative, which was intended to replace tracking …

Evaluating gifted education programs using an equity-based and culturally responsive checklist to recruit and retain under-represented students of color

DY Ford, JL Davis, KT Dickson… - Journal of …, 2020 - scholarlypublishingcollective.org
Black and Hispanic students are consistently underrepresented in gifted and talented
education and related academic programs. Attitudes, philosophy, tests and other …

Legal update of gifted education

PA Zirkel - Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
This update of the legislation/regulations and case law specific to pre-K–12 gifted students
since a cluster of publications in 2004–2005 primarily focuses on the “gifted alone” category …

The underrepresentation of CLD students in gifted and talented programs: Implications for law and practice

CE Connery, PC Green III, JC Kaufman - U. Md. LJ Race, Religion …, 2019 - HeinOnline
According to the US Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights (OCR), gifted and
talented programs offer special educational opportunities, such as enhanced curricula to …

Desegregating gifted education for culturally different students: Recommendations for equitable recruitment and retention

DY Ford - Race and ethnicity in the study of motivation in …, 2016 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Despite the growing presence of Black professionals in science, technology, engineering,
and mathematics (STEM) fields over the past 30 years, their numbers remain relatively small …

Remixing and reimagining the early childhood school experiences of brilliant Black boys

BL Wright, DY Ford - Boyhood Studies, 2019 - berghahnjournals.com
As early as preschool, Black boys face low and negative expectations that contribute to
excessive subjective-based discipline, over-referrals by teachers to special education, and …

No Gift Giving Here: The Inadequate Gifted Education Programs in New York State and the Need for Gifted Education Reform

JM Kautz - JL & Pol'y, 2016 - HeinOnline
NO "GIFT" GIVING HERE: THE INADEQUATE GIFTED EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN NEW
YORK STATE AND THE NEED FOR GIFTED EDUCATION RE Page 1 NO "GIFT" GIVING HERE …