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Main Author: Urzillo, Robert
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 2007
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ762364
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contents A School District Responds to a Book Challenge Urzillo, Robert Foreign Countries School Districts Sex Education Books Middle School Students Case Studies Educational Policy Censorship This article explains the response of a school district to a parental attempt to ban a book or label it as unsuitable for middle school students. Labeling, for the purpose of definition, is giving a book a label similar to one used in the movie industry. The challenged book is entitled "Sex Education;" it is a novel authored by Jenny Davis. From 1990 through 1999, according to the University of British Columbia Library, "Sex Education" ranked ninety-third out of the one hundred most frequently challenged books. This article is a case study of one district's response.
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spellingShingle A School District Responds to a Book Challenge
Urzillo, Robert
Foreign Countries
School Districts
Sex Education
Books
Middle School Students
Case Studies
Educational Policy
Censorship
A School District Responds to a Book Challenge Urzillo, Robert Foreign Countries School Districts Sex Education Books Middle School Students Case Studies Educational Policy Censorship This article explains the response of a school district to a parental attempt to ban a book or label it as unsuitable for middle school students. Labeling, for the purpose of definition, is giving a book a label similar to one used in the movie industry. The challenged book is entitled "Sex Education;" it is a novel authored by Jenny Davis. From 1990 through 1999, according to the University of British Columbia Library, "Sex Education" ranked ninety-third out of the one hundred most frequently challenged books. This article is a case study of one district's response.
title A School District Responds to a Book Challenge
topic Foreign Countries
School Districts
Sex Education
Books
Middle School Students
Case Studies
Educational Policy
Censorship
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ762364