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October 31, 2022
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The Underrepresentation of Teachers of Color in Special Education

Even though BIPOC students are overrepresented in special education, most of their teachers are white. In fact, in the 2017-18 school year 79 percent of public school teachers in the United States were white. Further, in schools that were predominantly … Continue reading

January 10, 2022
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Multiply marginalized: disabled students of color at the intersect of race and disability

While coding survey responses from teachers as part of our annual evaluation of the Unified Champion Schools program, I came across an anecdote about a middle school student of color with autism, Junior, sharing a traumatic experience: “Junior was playing … Continue reading

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