User:Lacascia/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Mills v. Board of Education of District of Columbia

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
We chose to evaluate this article because we wanted to explore disability law in the context of public education and policy. This case matters because it serves as a precedent for establishing the importance of providing equal education to disabled students. Moreover, this case is important because it established the vitality of equal access to education for disabled students. At first glance of our article, I think it has a very baseline level of information. Thus, I think it will be important for us to find more detailed and rich sources that describe the case further to fully encapsulate this case's importance to disability law and policy, especially in the context of education.

Evaluate the article
Holistically, much of the information in this article is updated and relevant. For instance, there are strong references to relevant scholars surrounding the case that describe its influence and importance to disability law. I think the tone is also objective and maintains an unbiased voice, which is also important. However, there are myriad statistics referenced that could be relevant, but the way in which they are currently presented is slightly distracting in that they are disorganized and not fully explained. Thus, I think in editing this article, I would hope to strengthen the lead-up to these statistics in order to fully contextualize them for the readers. Moreover, the article fails to mention how there were also intersectional disparities regarding access to education amongst disabled students. Often times, BIPOC disabled folks are disproportionately affected by these issues, so I think it is important to note that in the article. I think the article, as a whole, needs to be fleshed out more in terms of information, as it is ironically a very brief article about such an influential case.

Regarding sources, each citation appears correct. The links present appear to work, though other sources do not have an explicit link to further investigate the reading. While this could be accomplished by a mere Google search, I do think a link to the source directly would be helpful. The sources corroborate what information is present in the article. All of the sources come from academic journals and authors, and each present an unbiased perspective. One quote that is used in the article comes from Peter D. Roos, a former staff attorney at Harvard University's Center for Law and Education, who expresses the importance of the case in the context of disability law. Thus, his stance on the issue is clearly noted in the article. I believe we could potentially find more diverse sources regarding this issue, perhaps from authors of various backgrounds to further solidify the importance of this case.

The "Talk" portion of this article is very barren; only one suggestion and edit was given, which was to include the year of the case. This edit has since been made. It is rated "stub-class" and it is a part of various WikiProjects including WikiProject Law, WikiProject United States, and WikiProject Disability. I think this Wiki talks about the topic of disability in a medical manner as opposed to a human rights context, as we have discussed in class. Thus, I hope we can add more of this perspective and stance to our article.