Question Description
Read the article and answer the following.
(1) Given your understanding of disproportionality and its complexities, what school/organizational level policies have you observed that affect disproportionality? This could be in your work environment or simply through outside observation of an institution that you are familiar with. Topic should be around Education/social status . Focus on disproportionality.
(2) Based on your readings, please describe culturally responsive practices that could be implemented in order to help address it. What obstacles might you expect to encounter in implementation?
Reflect on the readings .
Addressing the Disproportionate Representation of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students in Special Education through Culturally Responsive Educational Systems1
Janette K. Klingner, University of Colorado at Boulder Alfredo J. Artiles, Arizona State University Elizabeth Kozleski, University of Colorado at Denver Beth Harry, University of MiamiShelley Zion, University of Colorado at Denver William Tate, Washington UniversityGrace Zamora Durán, U.S. Department of Education David Riley, Education Development Center
Citation: Klingner, J. K., Artiles, A. J., Kozleski, E., Harry, B., Zion, S., Tate, W., Durán, G. Z., & Riley, D. (2005). Addressing the disproportionate representation of culturally and linguistically diverse students in special education through culturally responsive educational systems. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 13(38). Retrieved [date] from http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v13n38/.
