Boston’s retarded-class assignment disparity reflected category availability and staff preference

Evidence

It would seem a reasonable inference that the disproportionate demand for services for the retarded was not intrinsic among Boston youth but rather was entirely a function of the availability of special classes for one group and not the other and of the preferences of Boston school personnel for assigning pupils to this category of disability. — Michael Lipsky, Street-Level Bureaucracy, 295

Categorization

• SEED: A powerful anchor for an article on how diagnostic over/underrepresentation tracks what services and staff preferences exist, not true population rates.
• XREF: connects to: Frontline work structure, not worker prejudice, creates receptivity to stereotypes — Michael Lipsky, Street-Level Bureaucracy: Dilemmas of…, 844

Broader Connections

• Frontline work structure, not worker prejudice, creates receptivity to stereotypes #corroborates (0.85) — Michael Lipsky, Street-Level Bureaucracy, 844