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| author | Urzillo, Robert |
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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 |