Retraction statement and formal apology
In Educational Studies Vol. 34, No. 5, December 2008, pp. 557–564 we published the following article, which is now retracted:
‘The effect of the child’s disability on United Arab Emirates in‐service teachers’ educational decisions regarding gifted and talented children’ by Hala Elhoweris. DOI: 10.1080/03055690802288536
Shortly following publication, it was brought to the attention of the Editors and the publishers that some sections of the text in this article substantially reproduced, without proper attribution, the following work:
‘The effects of disability labels on special education and general education teachers’ referrals for gifted programs’, by Margarita Bianco, 2005, Learning Disability Quarterly 28: 285–93.
The Editors of Educational Studies, and the publishers, Taylor & Francis Group (a division of Informa Plc) hereby apologise to Margarita Bianco and to the copyright holders of the publication in which the copied work was originally published – the Council for Learning Disabilities, of 11184 Antioch Road, Box 405, Overland Park, KS66210, USA – for this case of unattributed copying.
Educational Studies and Taylor & Francis Group published the article in good faith and we welcome this opportunity to acknowledge and reinstate the rights of Margarita Bianco as the original author and the copyright of Council for Learning Disabilities.