
Alfredo J. Artiles
Lee L. Jacks Professor of Education
Graduate School of Education
Bio
Dr. Artiles is Lee L. Jacks Professor of Education. His scholarship examines the dual nature of disability as an object of protection and a tool of stratification. More specifically, he aims to understand how responses to disability intersections with race, social class and language advance or hinder educational opportunities for disparate groups of students. For instance, he is studying the cultural-historical contexts of racial disparities in special education and whether a disability diagnosis is associated with differential consequences for minoritized groups (e.g., segregation, quality and type of services). He and his colleagues have led national and regional technical assistance initiatives at the state and school district levels to address these equity paradoxes. Current research projects include:
* Examining the role of sociocultural influences (e.g., histories of racial inequities in communities and schools) in educators’ interpretations and responses to chronic school district citations for racial disparities in special education.
* Mapping the changing meanings of “disability” and “inclusive education” and the ways in which disability-race intersections appear and disappear across identification policies, practices and settings at the district and school levels.
* Piloting a participatory model with youth of color with/without disabilities grounded in the arts and humanities to (re)structure school discipline policies and practices.
* Documenting teachers’ struggles with the second language-learning disability dilemma during instructional processes prior to referring dual language learners to special education.
* Analyzing equity consequences of inclusive education implementation in Global South nations.
Dr. Artiles is Honorary Professor at the University of Birmingham (United Kingdom) and received an honorary doctorate from the University of Göteborgs (Sweden). He served on the Obama White House Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics. Dr. Artiles received mentoring awards from The Spencer Foundation, the American Educational Research Association (AERA) and Arizona State University. Artiles is an elected member of the National Academy of Education and Fellow of AERA, the Learning Policy Institute and the National Education Policy Center. He was a resident fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. The 2011 article based on his Wallace Lecture, “Toward an interdisciplinary understanding of educational equity and difference: The case of the racialization of ability” received AERA’s Palmer O. Johnson Award. His paper “Objects of protection, enduring nodes of difference: Disability intersections with “other” differences, 1916 – 2016” (with S. Dorn & A. Bal) won the 2017 AERA Review of Research Award.
Administrative Appointments
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Faculty Director, Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education (SCOPE) (2020 - Present)
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Director of Research, Center for Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity (2021 - 2022)
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Affiliated Faculty, Learning Differences and the Future of Special Education Initiative (2020 - Present)
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Affiliated Faculty, Center for Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity (2020 - Present)
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Faculty Affiliate, Stanford King Center on Global Development (2020 - Present)
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Affiliated Faculty, Center for the Art and Science of Teaching. Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University (2017 - 2018)
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Dean, Graduate College, Arizona State University (2016 - 2020)
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Series Editor, Disability, Culture, and Equity (Teachers College Press) (2015 - Present)
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Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University (2013 - 2016)
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Visiting Professor, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom (2013 - 2016)
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Ryan C. Harris Professor of Special Education, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University (2012 - 2020)
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Visiting Professor, Universidad Rafael Landívar, Guatemala (2012 - 2012)
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Visiting Professor, University of Göteborgs, Sweden (2011 - 2011)
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Affiliated Professor, School of Social Transformation, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Arizona State University (2010 - 2020)
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Visiting Professor, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, (2010 - 2011)
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Visiting Professor, Guest Scientists Programme of the Faculty of Humanities, Leibniz University, Hannover, Germany (2009 - 2010)
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Affiliated Professor, School of Transborder Studies, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Arizona State University (2008 - 2020)
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Professor of Education, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University (2004 - 2020)
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Southwest Borderlands Initiative Professor, Arizona State University (2004 - 2020)
Honors & Awards
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Member of the Board of Directors, National Academy of Education (2021-2025)
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Senior Research Fellow, Learning Policy Institute (2021 - present)
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Elected Member, National Academy of Education (2019 - present)
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Honorary Doctorate, University of Göteborgs, Sweden (2019)
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Spencer Mentor Award, The Spencer Foundation (2019)
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Presidential Citation, American Educational Research Association (2017)
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Review of Research Award, American Educational Research Association (2017)
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Honorary Professor, School of Education (College of Social Sciences), University of Birmingham, United Kingdom (2016-2023)
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Faculty Google Award for Diversity and Inclusion, Arizona State University (2014)
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Graduate Education Outstanding Doctoral Mentor, Arizona State University Graduate College (2014)
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Mentoring Award, American Educational Research Association, Division G (2014)
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Palmer O. Johnson Award for best article published in an AERA journal, American Educational Research Association (2012)
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Commissioner, White House Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics (2011 – 2017)
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Fellow, American Educational Research Association (2010 - present)
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Vice President, American Educational Research Association, Division G (2009 - 2011)
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Distinguished Alumni Award, University of Virginia’s Curry School of Education Foundation (2009)
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Residential Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University (2008-2008)
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Fellow, National Education Policy Center (2007 - present)
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Teacher Education and Special Education Annual Publication Award, Council for Exceptional Children’s Teacher Education Division (2002)
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Early Career Award, American Educational Research Association’s Committee on Scholars of Color in Education (2001)
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Post-doctoral Fellow, National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation (1998 - 2000)
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Fulbright-LASPAU Scholar, University of Virginia (1988 - 1992)
Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations
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Member, Consensus Study "Fostering the Development & Educational Success of Dual Language Learners", National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (2015 - 2016)
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Member - Committee on the Future of Education Research at the Institute of Education Sciences, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (2021 - Present)
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Member - Consensus Study "Exploring the Opportunity Gap for Young Children from Birth to Eight", National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (2020 - Present)
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Chair, President-Elect and Board Nominating Committee. National Academy of Education. (2020 - 2020)
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Member, Selection Committee for the NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (2020 - Present)
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Chair, Lifetime Achievement Award committee. AERA Division G (2021 - 2021)
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Member - "Distinguished Contributions to Research in Education" Award Committee, American Educational Research Association (2021 - Present)
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Chair, Henry Trueba Award Committee, American Educational Research Association Social Contexts of Education Division (2021 - 2021)
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Member, Lifetime Achievement Award Committee, American Educational Research Association's Cultural Historical Special Interest Group (2021 - 2021)
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Member, Nominating committee for Vice President, AERA Division K (2020 - Present)
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Member, Doris Entwisle Early Career Award Committee. American Sociological Association, Sociology of Education Section (2019 - 2019)
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Member, AERA Fellows Selection Committee (2017 - 2019)
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Review Panel Member, Lyle Spencer Research Award program. Spencer Foundation (2017 - 2019)
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Chair, Henry Trueba Award for Research Leading to the Transformation of the Social Contexts of Education. AERA Division G (2014 - 2015)
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Commissioner, White House Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics (2011 - 2017)
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Member at-Large, AERA Council (2011 - 2013)
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Member, AERA Executive Council (2010 - 2013)
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Member, Equity and Excellence Working Group. National Academy of Education White Paper Initiative. (2008 - 2009)
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Working Group Member, Teaching Diverse Students Initiative. Southern Poverty Law Center. (2006 - 2008)
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Juror, Eloísa de Lorenzo Award - Excellence in special education research in the American continent. Organization of American States and the University of Kansas (1995 - 1995)
Professional Education
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Ph.D., University of Virginia, Education/Special education. (1992)
Research Interests
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Educational Policy
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Equity in Education
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Immigrants and Immigration
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Poverty and Inequality
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Special Education
2021-22 Courses
- (Re)Framing Difference: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Disability, Race and Culture
EDUC 442, FEMGEN 442, PEDS 242 (Aut) - Legalistic Precedents for Gender/Sexuality and Racial Disparities
CSRE 12SL (Spr) - Race, Ethnicity, and Linguistic Diversity in Classrooms: Sociocultural Theory and Practices
AFRICAAM 106, CSRE 103B, EDUC 103B, EDUC 337 (Win) - Re-Examining Special Education through Multiple Lenses
EDUC 440 (Spr) -
Independent Studies (4)
- Directed Reading
EDUC 480 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Directed Reading in Education
EDUC 180 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Directed Research
EDUC 490 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Directed Research in Education
EDUC 190 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Directed Reading
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Prior Year Courses
2020-21 Courses
All Publications
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Unpacking the Logic of Compliance in Special Education: Contextual Influences on Discipline Racial Disparities in Suburban Schools
Sociology of Education
2021: 1-19
View details for DOI 10.1177/00380407211013322
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Fourteenth Annual Brown Lecture in Education Research: Reenvisioning Equity Research: Disability Identification Disparities as a Case in Point
EDUCATIONAL RESEARCHER
2019; 48 (6): 325–35
View details for DOI 10.3102/0013189X19871949
View details for Web of Science ID 000484594600001
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Dual Language Learners and English Learners with Disabilities
PROMOTING THE EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH LEARNING ENGLISH: PROMISING FUTURES
2017: 351–400
View details for Web of Science ID 000458481500011
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Objects of Protection, Enduring Nodes of Difference: Disability Intersections With "Other" Differences, 1916 to 2016
REVIEW OF RESEARCH IN EDUCATION, VOL 40: EDUCATION RESEARCH: A CENTURY OF DISCOVERY
2016; 40: 777–820
View details for DOI 10.3102/0091732X16680606
View details for Web of Science ID 000399980500022
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Untangling the Racialization of Disabilities An Intersectionality Critique Across Disability Models
DU BOIS REVIEW-SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH ON RACE
2013; 10 (2): 329–47
View details for DOI 10.1017/S1742058X13000271
View details for Web of Science ID 000330363600003
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Toward an Interdisciplinary Understanding of Educational Equity and Difference: The Case of the Racialization of Ability
EDUCATIONAL RESEARCHER
2011; 40 (9): 431–45
View details for DOI 10.3102/0013189X11429391
View details for Web of Science ID 000300114200001
- Inclusive Education: Examining Equity on Five Continents edited by Artiles, A. J., Kozleski, E. B., Waitoller , F. R. Harvard Education Press. 2011
- Interdisciplinary inequality research in the E/BD field: Animating reflexivity, equity, and intersectionality Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders 2022
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Inclusive knowledge production at an elementary school through family-school-university partnerships: A formative intervention study
LEARNING CULTURE AND SOCIAL INTERACTION
2021; 31
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.lcsi.2021.100569
View details for Web of Science ID 000725564800001
- Wrestling with the paradoxes of equity: A cultural-historical re-framing of technical assistance interventions Multiple Voices 2020; 20 (1): 5-15
- Inclusive education in the 21st century: Disruptive interventions Educational Forum 2020; 84 (Special issue editor): 289-390
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Understanding Practice and Intersectionality in Teacher Education in the Age of Diversity and Inequality
TEACHERS COLLEGE RECORD
2019; 121 (6)
View details for Web of Science ID 000466702400012
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Supporting Children with Disabilities in Low- and Middle- Income Countries: Promoting Inclusive Practice within Community-Based Childcare Centres in Malawi through a Bioecological Systems Perspective
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EARLY CHILDHOOD
2018; 50 (2): 159–74
Abstract
Given the narrow scope and conceptualisation of inclusion for young children with disabilities in research within low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) contexts, we draw on a bioecological systems perspective to propose the parameters for a broader unit of analysis. This perspective situates human development within a specific cultural context in which family, peers and schooling are regarded as key in responding to young children with disabilities in a given setting. We outline a new bioecological model to illustrate the proximal and distal factors that can influence inclusive early development for children with disabilities within LMICs. To illustrate the relevance of this model to early child development research, we consider its application, as a conceptual framework, with reference to a research study in Malawi. The study was designed to promote greater inclusive practice for young children with disabilities in Community-Based Childcare Centres (CBCCs) with a particular focus on the role of the CBCC volunteer 'caregiver' in rural Malawi. It has significance for educators, service providers and researchers concerned with facilitating inclusive early development across national boundaries and contexts.
View details for DOI 10.1007/s13158-018-0223-y
View details for Web of Science ID 000539387400003
View details for PubMedID 30956287
View details for PubMedCentralID PMC6414151
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Building the Workforce to Educate English Learners
PROMOTING THE EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH LEARNING ENGLISH: PROMISING FUTURES
2017: 431–69
View details for Web of Science ID 000458481500013
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In search of voice: theory and methods in K-12 student voice research in the US, 1990-2010
EDUCATIONAL REVIEW
2017; 69 (4): 451–73
View details for DOI 10.1080/00131911.2016.1231661
View details for Web of Science ID 000402077900004
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DEVELOPING A CRITICAL SPACE PERSPECTIVE IN THE EXAMINATION OF THE RACIALIZATION OF DISABILITIES
DETERRITORIALIZING/RETERRITORIALIZING: CRITICAL GEOGRAPHY OF EDUCATIONAL REFORM
2017; 8: 191–207
View details for Web of Science ID 000428843000012
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World Yearbook of Education 2017 Assessment Inequalities Introduction
WORLD YEARBOOK OF EDUCATION 2017: ASSESSMENT INEQUALITIES
2017: 1–11
View details for Web of Science ID 000465304200001
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Untangling the Racialization of Disabilities An Intersectionality Critique across Disability Models
WORLD YEARBOOK OF EDUCATION 2017: ASSESSMENT INEQUALITIES
2017: 177–97
View details for Web of Science ID 000465304200010
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Teacher learning as curating: Becoming inclusive educators in school/university partnerships
TEACHING AND TEACHER EDUCATION
2016; 59: 360–71
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.tate.2016.07.007
View details for Web of Science ID 000383813500032
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Risks and Consequences of Oversimplifying Educational Inequities: A Response to Morgan et al. (2015)
EDUCATIONAL RESEARCHER
2016; 45 (3): 221–25
View details for DOI 10.3102/0013189X16644606
View details for Web of Science ID 000374671700004
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Addressing Special Education Inequity Through Systemic Change: Contributions of Ecologically Based Organizational Consultation
JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSULTATION
2015; 25 (2-3): 129–47
View details for DOI 10.1080/10474412.2014.929969
View details for Web of Science ID 000356231800005
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Beyond responsiveness to identity badges: future research on culture in disability and implications for Response to Intervention
EDUCATIONAL REVIEW
2015; 67 (1): 1–22
View details for DOI 10.1080/00131911.2014.934322
View details for Web of Science ID 000345270200001
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The Intersections of Language Differences and Learning Disabilities Narratives in Action
ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF EDUCATIONAL LINGUISTICS
2015: 145–57
View details for Web of Science ID 000350229600012
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Equity Challenges in the Accountability Age Demographic Representation and Distribution in the Teacher Workforce
HANDBOOK OF RESEARCH ON SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER PREPARATION
2014: 113–26
View details for Web of Science ID 000340408600008
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A Decade of Professional Development Research for Inclusive Education: A Critical Review and Notes for a Research Program
REVIEW OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
2013; 83 (3): 319–56
View details for DOI 10.3102/0034654313483905
View details for Web of Science ID 000322590700001
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PLACEMENT OF CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY DIVERSE STUDENTS IN PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS WITH EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS: CONTEMPORARY TRENDS AND RESEARCH NEEDS
BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS: IDENTIFICATION, ASSESSMENT, AND INSTRUCTION OF STUDENTS WITH EBD
2012; 22: 107–27
View details for DOI 10.1108/S0270-4013(2012)0000022008
View details for Web of Science ID 000304322000006
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Theorizing Racial Inequity in Special Education: Applying Structural Inequity Theory to Disproportionality
URBAN EDUCATION
2011; 46 (6): 1526–52
View details for DOI 10.1177/0042085911416014
View details for Web of Science ID 000300108100014
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Beyond Culture as Group Traits: Future Learning Disabilities Ontology, Epistemology, and Inquiry on Research Knowledge Use
LEARNING DISABILITY QUARTERLY
2011; 34 (3): 167–79
View details for DOI 10.1177/0731948711417552
View details for Web of Science ID 000295204500001
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Grappling with the Intersection of Language and Ability Differences Equity Issues for Chicano/Latino Students in Special Education
CHICANO SCHOOL FAILURE AND SUCCESS: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE 3RD EDITION
2011: 213–34
View details for Web of Science ID 000289282400011
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Grappling with the Intersection of Language and Ability Differences Equity Issues for Chicano/Latino Students in Special Education
CHICANO SCHOOL FAILURE AND SUCCESS: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE, 3RD EDITION
2011: 213–34
View details for Web of Science ID 000306138800011
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What counts as response and intervention in RTI? A sociocultural analysis
PSICOTHEMA
2010; 22 (4): 949–54
Abstract
Response to Intervention (RTI) is being used in districts and states around the United States (U.S.) as a means to enhance learning opportunities and address the needs of struggling learners. Increasing attention to RTI in the research community and the recent creation of a large national technical assistance center reflect its growing visibility. Because equity issues for ethnic and linguistically diverse students are purportedly addressed in RTI models, we conduct a sociocultural analysis of its building blocks, namely the definitions and assumptions embedded in the notions of "response" and "intervention". We used interdisciplinary theoretical and empirical insights about the cultural nature of learning and development to inform our analysis. We discuss how the assumptions of RTI might unintentionally create blind spots for researchers and practitioners about how to design, conduct, and assess learning environments, particularly for diverse students. We conclude with reflections about future directions in this research area.
View details for Web of Science ID 000283093700064
View details for PubMedID 21044537
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The Miner's Canary A Review of Overrepresentation Research and Explanations
JOURNAL OF SPECIAL EDUCATION
2010; 44 (1): 29–49
View details for DOI 10.1177/0022466908329226
View details for Web of Science ID 000276462100003
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Justifying and Explaining Disproportionality, 1968-2008: A Critique of Underlying Views of Culture
EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN
2010; 76 (3): 279–99
View details for DOI 10.1177/001440291007600303
View details for Web of Science ID 000275829300003
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Back to the Future: A Critique of Response to Intervention's Social Justice Views
THEORY INTO PRACTICE
2010; 49 (4): 250–57
View details for DOI 10.1080/00405841.2010.510447
View details for Web of Science ID 000282690600001
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Risk, Equity, and Schooling: Transforming the Discourse Introduction
REVIEW OF RESEARCH IN EDUCATION, VOL 33, 2009
2009; 33: VII-XI
View details for DOI 10.3102/0091732X08330002
View details for Web of Science ID 000263704200001
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The Next Generation of Disproportionality Research Toward a Comparative Model in the Study of Equity in Ability Differences
JOURNAL OF SPECIAL EDUCATION
2008; 42 (1): 4–14
View details for DOI 10.1177/0022466907313603
View details for Web of Science ID 000262415800003
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Beyond research on cultural minorities: Challenges and implications of research as situated cultural practice
EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN
2008; 74 (3): 309–27
View details for DOI 10.1177/001440290807400303
View details for Web of Science ID 000253442800004
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The Antinomies of Global English and National Pedagogies EDITORS' INTRODUCTION
INTERNATIONAL MULTILINGUAL RESEARCH JOURNAL
2007; 1 (2): 57–60
View details for DOI 10.1080/19313150701495520
View details for Web of Science ID 000435157800001
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Forging a knowledge base on English Language Learners with special needs: Theoretical, population, and technical issues
TEACHERS COLLEGE RECORD
2006; 108 (11): 2187–94
View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1467-9620.2006.00778.x
View details for Web of Science ID 000241390400001
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Inclusion as social justice: Critical notes on discourses, assumptions, and the road ahead
THEORY INTO PRACTICE
2006; 45 (3): 260–68
View details for DOI 10.1207/s15430421tip4503_8
View details for Web of Science ID 000239651300007
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English language learners who struggle with reading: Language acquisition or LD?
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC. 2006: 108–28
Abstract
We review empirical research on English language learners (ELLs) who struggle with reading and who may have learning disabilities (LD). We sought to determine research indicators that can help us better differentiate between ELLs who struggle to acquire literacy because of their limited proficiency in English and ELLs who have actual LD. We conclude that more research is warranted to further elucidate the strengths and learning needs of subgroups of underachieving ELLs, to help us determine who should qualify for special education, and to clarify why some ELLs who do not have LD still struggle with language and literacy acquisition. Future research should account for the complexities involved in becoming literate in another language and focus more on cultural and contextual factors that affect student achievement.
View details for DOI 10.1177/00222194060390020101
View details for Web of Science ID 000236043900002
View details for PubMedID 16583792
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Learning in inclusive education research: Re-mediating theory and methods with a transformative agenda
REVIEW OF RESEARCH IN EDUCATION 30, 2006
2006; 30: 65–108
View details for DOI 10.3102/0091732X030001065
View details for Web of Science ID 000248297800004
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Within-group diversity in minority disproportionate representation: Engish-language learners in urban school districts
EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN
2005; 71 (3): 283–300
View details for DOI 10.1177/001440290507100305
View details for Web of Science ID 000227365800006
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The end of innocence: Historiography and representation in the discursive practice of LD
JOURNAL OF LEARNING DISABILITIES
2004; 37 (6): 550–55
Abstract
In this article, I discuss two interrelated sets of challenges that the discursive practice of learning disability (LD) will need to address, namely, issues associated with the development of a historiography of special education and a more complex understanding of representation issues. I use social theory to address these challenges and raise questions the LD field will need to grapple with as we move toward the consolidation of discursive practices.
View details for DOI 10.1177/00222194040370061001
View details for Web of Science ID 000225050100010
View details for PubMedID 15586474