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Education Policy and the Teen Mother, 1972-2002

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Education Policy and the Teen Mother, 1972-2002
ByWanda S. Pillow
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2004
eBook Published 12 February 2004
Pub. Location New York
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203465608
Pages 272
eBook ISBN 9780203465608
Subjects Education
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Pillow, W.S. (2004). Unfit Subjects: Education Policy and the Teen Mother, 1972-2002 (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203465608

ABSTRACT

Wanda Pillow presents a critical analysis of federal law and polciy towards pregnant teens, representations of teen pregnancy in popular culture and educational policy assesses how schools provide educational opportunities for school aged mothers. Through in- depth analysis of specific policies and programmes, both past and present, thsi book traces America's successes and failures in educating pregnant teens. Unfit Subjects uses feminist, race and poststructural theories to inform a satisfactory educational policy.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter |16 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|38 pages

Constructing Teen Pregnancy as a Problem Social Historical Constructions of the Unwed Mother

chapter 2|24 pages

Title IX and the Discursive Climate of Education for School-Age Mothers

chapter 3|32 pages

Schooling Responses to Teen Mothers Absences, Colds, and Disabilities Tracing Policy Absences at State and Local Levels:

chapter 4|28 pages

The Teen Mother as a Student

chapter 5|34 pages

The “Dual-Role” Model of Schooling the Teen Mother

chapter 6|44 pages

Incitement to Discourse

chapter 7|12 pages

Education for Teen Mothers

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