Discrimination in tracking and specialized education programs

Abstract

This chapter will examine how tracking, gifted education, special education, and compensatory education programs have limited the educational opportunities of many poor and minority students. Despite the stated intentions of these educational programs, the situation in the nation's urban schools indicates that these structures are having a detrimental impact on the lives of some students. Statistical information regarding the disproportionate participation of poor and minority students in these programs is included

Citation

Hunter, R.C. and Donahoo, S. (2002), "Discrimination in tracking and specialized education programs", Hunter, R.C. and Brown, F. (Ed.) Challenges of Urban Education and Efficacy of School Reform (Advances in Educational Administration, Vol. 6), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 87-100. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1479-3660(03)80009-4