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In Part 1 of a 5-part series, D. Mills discusses with guest Malika Bee how the educational system affects Black students and families specifcially, but families in general.

* Hairspray 1988 Special Ed scene https://youtu.be/Wo0pcXqIBjk

* Articles about the controversy regarding black children being funneled into special education: (1) https://www.brookings.edu/research/race-poverty-and-interpreting-overrepresentation-in-special-education/; and (2) https://www.racialjusticeproject.com/black-youth-in-the-special-education-system-overrepresented-or-underrepresented/

* "African-American Students with Disabilities Suspended at Disproportionately High Rates" https://edsource.org/2018/african-american-students-with-disabilities-suspended-at-disproportionately-high-rates/597052

* Standardized Testing discrimination http://parentsacrossamerica.org/civil-rights-discrimination-standardized-testing/

* Information on the Individuals with disabilities education act (IDEA) https://sites.ed.gov/idea/

* IDEA offer of FAPE - http://www.pause4kids.com/training/three/Written_Offer_of_FAPE.pdf: "The “Written Offerof a Free and Appropriate Public Education” (FAPE) is a formal offermade by the local education agency (LEA) of educational placement, including supplemental aids and services. It meets the requirements outlined in IDEA for “written prior notice.”

* Difference between a section 504 plan vs an IEP Individualized education plan  http://schoolpsychologistfiles.com/which-is-better-a-504-plan-or-an-iep/

* Links to a wide array of resources including regulations, codes, laws etc… The California site also contains links to national resources: (1) California https://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/se/sr/selinks.asp; and (2) New York http://www.p12.nysed.gov/specialed/quality/parents.htm