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Waiting for the Change: A Long and Disappointing Search for Multiculturalism and Inclusion

Bob Algozzine
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Published Online: 2015-05-07 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mlt-2015-0006

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Abstract

Inclusion or providing educational opportunities for students with disabilities alongside their natural neighbors and peers remains a highly valued goal for special educators. Ensuring that special education services are available to individuals in all ethnic groups and that no ethnic groups are disproportionately placed in special education remains an equally important quest. Inclusion or providing educational opportunities for all students alongside their natural neighbors and peers remains a highly valued goal for me. Ensuring that effective educational practices are available and provided to all students and that no cultural, ethnic, or other groups are disproportionately placed in ineffective education settings remains an equally important quest. Personal and professional concerns related to a continuing lack of progress in achieving these significant and important multicultural and inclusive goals are highlighted in this article.

Keywords: disproportionality; minority overrepresentation; response-to-intervention

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Citation Information: Multicultural Learning and Teaching, Volume 10, Issue 2, Pages 231–253, ISSN (Online) 2161-2412, ISSN (Print) 2194-654X, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mlt-2015-0006.

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