Comparing Special Education: Origins to Contemporary Paradoxes

by John G. Richardson and Justin J.W. Powell

In today's schools the number of students who receive additional resources to access the curriculum is growing rapidly, and the ongoing expansion of special education is among the most significant worldwide educational developments of the past century. Yet even among developed democracies the range of access varies hugely, from one student in twenty to one student in three. In contemporary conflicts about educational standards and accountability,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080476073X
• ISBN13: 9780804760737
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"