OUR RESEARCH

The Impact of Implicit Bias on African American Students in Special Education and Specifically the Labeling of African American Males as having Emotional Behavioral Disorders.

-Keary Wayne Saffold, August 2016

Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in Educational Leadership at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota

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Government Accountability Office. (2013). Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: Standards needed to improve identification of racial and ethnic overrepresentation in special education (GAO-13-137). Retrieved from http://www.gao.gov/products/gao-13-137

Codrington, J. (2012, February). Special Education and the Mis- Education of African   American Children: A Call to Action. Retrieved from http://www.abpsi.org/pdf/specialedpositionpaper021312.pdf