Equal V. Fair The United States of America was built on the foundation of equal opportunity and freedom. Throughout history, the ideals surrounding education and equality have been challenged. Brown V. Board of Education has served as a landmark for equal opportunity, in which the federal courts affirmed that segregation within public education was illegal. Following the same principles of Brown V. Board of Education, the segregation of disabled students from mainstream classrooms has also …
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…the Woman’s Day article, there is also so many misconceptions on the concept of equality. Equal does not necessarily mean fair. The concept of equality cannot be applied when one child is disabled and the other children are not disabled. The non-disabled child will always have an advantage over the disabled child. Any situation in which accommodations are not made for the disadvantaged child will always be unfair, as well as unequal ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**