1. What did they say in regard to your RQ?
Most of the articles I found focused on the issue of censorship in other aspects such as journalism and how censoring can affect a childs learning as well as a teacher. The articles talked a lot about how even though it may not be appropriate for that particular school setting, censoring a subject could potentially affect their learning experience and them in the future. I also found some articles how private religious schools don't have to follow the guidelines of the First Amendment because they set there own guidelines rather than following the governments.
2. What gap still exists?
I want to find the differences between the books that religious schools choose as compared with public schools. I want to know how the opinions from administrators, teachers, students and parents changed between those two schools. I already know that censorship can happen anywhere but specifically how the learning process of students in those two different schools might be altered because of censorship or not.
3. How might your research fill this gap?
Primary research will really help because it is what my working question is dealing with. I feel like a lot of articles can't help my direct question because my question is dealing with direct interaction and interviewing of people.
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Your research question is certainly relevant to English teachers. Censorship is a controversial issue and has a lot of potential for exploration. English teachers should be aware of books that need to be censored or should be censored (according to parents or school districts) to avoid "rocking the boat" so to speak.
It seems like you will find most of the answers to your topic from primary research though articles could add valuable information to your paper. You could fill the gap that exists in secondary research by going straight to the source and conducting interviews of the administrators, staff and students of both private and public schools and then comparing your information.
This RQ contributes greatly to the questions raised by censorship and can add to the knowledge teachers have of why certain material is censored. You could look into why certain material offends certain groups of people and how to avoid or confront these situations.
I am curious about what you will find and what that means to the field of English education.
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