Book contents
- Badges and Incidents
- Cambridge Studies on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
- Badges and Incidents
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 The Political Philosophy of American Education
- 2 American Education from Independence to Reconstruction and the Stamp of Slavery
- 3 Older but Not Wiser: America Industrializes and Embraces the Flawed Philosophy of Behaviorism in Education
- 4 Brown and Resegregation
- 5 Voluntary Race-Conscious Admissions Policies in Higher Education
- 6 San Antonio, Inequity, and the Human Struggle
- 7 Gender Discrimination in Education
- 8 Special Education and Inclusion
- 9 Civil Rights in the Educational Environment and Student Discipline
- 10 Current Reform Initiatives and a Better Way Forward
- Index
8 - Special Education and Inclusion
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 September 2019
- Badges and Incidents
- Cambridge Studies on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
- Badges and Incidents
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 The Political Philosophy of American Education
- 2 American Education from Independence to Reconstruction and the Stamp of Slavery
- 3 Older but Not Wiser: America Industrializes and Embraces the Flawed Philosophy of Behaviorism in Education
- 4 Brown and Resegregation
- 5 Voluntary Race-Conscious Admissions Policies in Higher Education
- 6 San Antonio, Inequity, and the Human Struggle
- 7 Gender Discrimination in Education
- 8 Special Education and Inclusion
- 9 Civil Rights in the Educational Environment and Student Discipline
- 10 Current Reform Initiatives and a Better Way Forward
- Index
Summary
Chapter 8 surveys the landscape of special education in America. It emphasizes the centrality of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) as well as the protections of the statute’s centerpiece: the Individualized Education Program (IEP). The chapter recounts the major precedents in this area of the law: namely, Rowley, Honig, and Endrew F. It traces the slow but steady path toward inclusion of all students in the learning environment. The chapter concludes with a celebration of the emerging concept of neurodiversity and the possibilities that a pedagogy informed by social constructivist tenets holds for general education and special education students alike.
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- Badges and IncidentsA Transdisciplinary History of the Right to Education in America, pp. 159 - 175Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019