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Peer reviewedTrotman, Mollie V. – New Advocate, 1998
Describes how the author used a young adult novel as a catalyst for discussing and investigating issues of social inequity in schools in her sixth-grade advanced language arts class. Describes how, by discussing how placement in advanced classes is determined, students learn to look more carefully and critically at how schools function in society,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adolescent Literature, Advanced Courses, Educational Opportunities
