Department of Educational Psychology school psychology faculty Amanda Sullivan and alum Daniel Osher recently published a study on policy analysis on minority disproportionality in special education. The study, appearing in Exceptional Children, explores the tensions in federal policies and resultant interpretations in the government and courts, offering recommendations for schools and districts to support equity.

Dan is a school psychologist in South Washington County Schools and a former fellow of Project PRIDES, a federally funded leadership grant, led by Sullivan and assistant professor Faith Miller, to prepare school psychologists for research-based practice to support equity in diverse settings.