E-News—Issue 5, Number 1

Welcome to this Special Issue of E-News!

E-News is designed to keep individuals informed of new developments in urban education and inclusive schooling practices in urban schools. In particular, E-News includes brief items of interest around the work of the National Institute and other organizations engaged in similar work, current research, upcoming conferences and events, new online and off-line products and resources, and other news happening in the field.

MINORITY STUDENTS IN SPECIAL AND GIFTED EDUCATION

NAS report will be released tomorrow

The National Academy of Sciences long-awaited report, "Minority Students in Special and Gifted Education," will be released on the NASWeb site, http://www.nationalacademies.org, on Wednesday, January 16.

This report examines the disproportionately high numbers of ethnic and racial minorities in special education classes for disabled students, as well as minorities' frequent underrepresentation in programs for gifted schoolchildren.

The report recommends a model not only to identify students at risk of academic failure, but also to provide effective interventions that would precede special education services or, in some cases, reduce the need for them.

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