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Download full textChristian, Donna – 1997
This digest discusses the different dialects children bring to the school environment and how U.S. schools deal with these differences. Reference is made to the Ann Arbor (Michigan) case in which a group of African-American parents sued the local school system on behalf of their children, claiming the school was denying their children equal…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Black Students, Dialects, Educational Policy
