Osgood, Robert L.

The history of special education : a struggle for equality in American public schools / Robert L. Osgood. - Westport, Conn. : Praeger, c2008. - xix, 157 p. ; 24 cm. - Growing up: history of children and youth, 1938-6095 .

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

The changing worlds of American children, 1800-1940 -- Life in institutions to 1940 -- Public schools and the accomodation of students with disabilities to 1940 -- The worlds of childhood disability, 1940-1960: generating public awareness -- Ensuring the rights and enhancing the lives of children with disabilities in and out of the classroom -- Voices of the present, echoes from the past: considering the lives of children with disabilities.

0275989135 (alk. paper) 9780275989132 (alk. paper)

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Special education--History.--United States
Children with disabilities--Education--History.--United States
Educational equalization--History.--United States

LC3981 / .O83 2008

371.90973
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