Black children are over twice as likely to have elevated blood lead levels as whites, and low-income children over three times as likely as others. The poor are more likely to live near hazardous waste sites.

Aug 19, 2019 · Decades of research have documented that students of color, particularly black children, are disproportionately classified by schools as having disabilities. In 2016, 12 percent of black children across the nation received services at school for disabilities ranging from emotional disturbances to physical disabilities to intellectual impairment.

Research on disproportionate group differences in special education identification has to a great extent focused on the overrepresentation of Black students. Various studies have investigated differences in identification of intellectual disability, emotional disturbance, and learning disability.

Special education expert Laura Schifter discusses how students of color and low-income students are disproportionately assigned to special education, and what can be done.

Black students are less likely to be newly identified for special education services when matched to Black teachers. However, being matched to Black teachers is not associated with changes in gifted identification.

Jan 12, 2017 · In general, students of color are disproportionately overrepresented among children with disabilities: black students are 40 percent more likely, and American Indian students are 70 percent more likely, to be identified as having disabilities than are their peers.

Mar 6, 2024 · Black boys are less likely to be identified with special needs if they have black teachers, according to a new study. Researchers found the connection was particularly strong among poorer...

We synthesized empirical work to evaluate whether Black children are disproportionately overrepresented in special education. We identified 22 studies that met a priori inclusion criteria including use of at least 1 covariate in the reported analyses.

Feb 7, 2022 · Black children are up to four times more likely to be suspended than white children — and more than three times more likely to be arrested at school. Race even permeates deeply into special education, a nexus which Shaffer has spent a good chunk of her career studying.

Jul 6, 2015 · Conventional wisdom has always held that, for decades, African American children have been overrepresented in special education. Some claim this has been in part due to a racially biased...