Equal Opportunity for Bilingual Handicapped Students: A Legal Historical Perspective.

Weinberg, Carl; Weinberg, Lois

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ERIC Number: EJ474817

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Publication Date: 1990

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Equal Opportunity for Bilingual Handicapped Students: A Legal Historical Perspective.

Weinberg, Carl; Weinberg, Lois

NABE: The Journal of the National Association for Bilingual Education, v14 n1-3 p17-40 Fall-Spr 1989-90

Reviews federal legislation and court decisions of the past 30 years that have influenced policies related to special education of limited-English-speaking students. Discusses the right of handicapped children to a public education, overrepresentation of minorities in special education, challenges to the validity of IQ tests, and changing political attitudes toward special education and bilingual education. (SV)

Descriptors: Advocacy, Bilingual Education, Court Litigation, Educational Legislation, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Exceptional Persons, Federal Legislation, Limited English Speaking, Politics of Education, Special Education, Student Rights

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Note: Published in 1993.