Who benefits from special education?
Subtitle: remediating (fixing) other people's children
By: edited by Ellen A. Brantlinger.
Contributors: Brantlinger, Ellen A.
Series: Studies in curriculum theory
Publisher: L. Erlbaum Associates
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Mahwah, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
Subjects: Children with disabilities -- Education -- United States; Special education -- United States
Description: "Who Benefits From Special Education? Remediating (Fixing) Other People's Children addresses the negative consequences of labeling and separating education for students with "disabilities," the cultural biases inherent in the way that we view children's learning difficulties, the social construction of disability, the commercialization of special education, and related issues."--BOOK JACKET
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.