Special Education in Urban America
- 1 January 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in The Journal of Special Education
- Vol. 27 (4), 453-465
- https://doi.org/10.1177/002246699402700406
Abstract
We review current practices in urban school districts related to referral and placement of academically low-functioning children in special education. Data we have collected over a 10-year period indicate that today's child with learning disabilities functions very similarly to the way students with educable mental retardation performed 25 years ago. We discuss the characteristics and needs of inner-city special education youngsters and the difficult options facing school administrators.Keywords
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