An Ethnographic Study of a Special Education School: The Harris-Hillman Story

The purpose of this study was to describe, using the tools of ethnography and qualitative research, selected events in the history of a public special education school and its school culture. The year of the study, 1994-1995, the school served 125 students with cerebral palsy and other disabilities affecting some or all of their physical, sensory, and cognitive abilities.

Study participants included faculty and staff, former students, parents, school administrators, and others identified wit...