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Kids in the Middle: The Micro Politics of Special Education
Author(s): Marshall Strax (Author), Carol Strax (Author), Bruce S. Cooper (Author)
- Publisher: R&L Education (UK)
- Publication Date: 8 Mar. 2012
- Language: English
- Print length: 244 pages
- ISBN-10: 1607098466
- ISBN-13: 9781607098461
Book Description
Kids in the Middle: The Micro-Politics of Special Education takes the reader on a fascinating journey through special education in the past, present, and future. On this journey, the micro-politics of special education are seen through the eyes and experiences of children with disabilities, their parents and advocates, adult educators, and school administrators. Supplementing these perspectives to develop an understanding of special education that goes beyond its administrative and political aspects, such as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), are scholars with expertise in special education law, administration, severe and profound disabilities, ethics, finance, teaching, and disability rights. Together, these voices explain the micro-political issues that affect how children with disabilities are educated. Kids in the Middle promotes a new model of special education to help transform special education. Instead of perpetuating a system grounded in the concepts of promises, privilege, and power, this book considers how to build a system based on caring, compassion, and the common good, a system that will elevate the status of special education children who are lost in the middle.
Editorial Reviews
Review
Kids in the Middle brings fresh and insightful thinking to the complex issues of special education, which involves our nation’s most vulnerable students.
Kids in the Middle helps educators and parents negotiate the complexities of special education by taking the perspective of what is best for the individual child. Likewise, this book raises tough questions about the general utility of longstanding policies that often lose sight of the nuances of context and person.
Kids in the Middle: The Micro Politics of Special Education provides you with the opportunity to learn about special education from the experts, students, their families, and their educators.
About the Author
Bruce S. Cooper, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus, Education Administration and Public Policy, Graduate School of Education, Fordham University; having taught at University of Pennsylvania and Dartmouth College, after receiving his doctorate at the University of Chicago with Donald A. Erickson, as his mentor. Cooper has written 35 books on education politics and policy, including The Handbook of Education Politics and Policy, in two editions with Lance D. Fusarelli and James Cibulka; served as President of the Politics of Education Association and a founding member of Private School Research Association; and received the Jay D. Scribner Award for Mentoring and the UCEA.
