Unfit Subjects: Education Policy and the Teen Mother, 1972-2002 by Wanda S. Pill

Description: Unfit Subjects by Wanda S. Pillow Wanda Pillow offers an in-depth examination of how schools are providing (and failing to provide) educational opportunities for school-aged mothers in America. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Wanda Pillow presents a critical analysis of US federal law and policy towards pregnant teens, and representations of teen pregnancy in popular culture and educational policy. She assesses how schools provide educational opportunities for school-aged mothers. Through in-depth analysis of specific policies and programs, both past and present, this book traces successes and failures in educating pregnant teens in the US. Unfit Subjects uses feminist, race and poststructural theories to inform a satisfactory educational policy. Back Cover Since the passage of Title IX in 1972, guaranteeing the right to equal education, the challenge of educating teen mothers has fallen to schools. In Unfit Subjects, Wanda Pillow presents a critical analysis of the ways in which educational policy defines and addresses teen pregnancy. Unfit Subjects traces the successes and failures in educating pregnant teens from 1972 to the present to inform an equitable educational policy that will finally make room for these young women. Author Biography Wanda S. Pillow Table of Contents Introduction 1. Constructing Teen Pregnancy as a Problem 2. Title IX and the Discursive Climate of Education for School-Aged Mothers 3. Schooling Responses to Teen Mothers: Absence, Colds and Disabilities 4. The Teen Mother as a Student: Who is She and What Do Schools Do with Her? 5. The Dual-Role Model of Schooling the Teen Mother 6. Incitement to Discourse: Talking Sex in Abstinence-Only Education Movements 7. Education for Teen Mothers Review "Pillows potent, sophisticated text takes its place within a growing body of feminist scholarship that seeks to interrupt the demonization of pregnant and mothering teens and their symbolic use in debates about declining family values…[this text is] a useful call to action for school workers committed to equitable schooling practices, for scholars interested in gender and education issues, and for advocates for the rights of young mothers to reach their full human potential."--Lucy E. Bailey, Journal of the Association for Research on Mothering (2009), Vol. 9, No. 1: 236-237 Review Quote "Pillows potent, sophisticated text takes its place within a growing body of feminist scholarship that seeks to interrupt the demonization of pregnant and mothering teens and their symbolic use in debates about declining family values…[this text is] a useful call to action for school workers committed to equitable schooling practices, for scholars interested in gender and education issues, and for advocates for the rights of young mothers to reach their full human potential."--Lucy E. Bailey, Journal of the Association for Research on Mothering(2009), Vol. 9, No. 1: 236-237 Details ISBN0415944929 Author Wanda S. Pillow Short Title UNFIT SUBJECTS Language English ISBN-10 0415944929 ISBN-13 9780415944922 Media Book Format Hardcover Illustrations Yes Year 2004 Affiliation University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA Edition 1st Residence Urbana-Champaign, IL, US Subtitle Education Policy and the Teen Mother, 1972-2002 DOI 10.1604/9780415944922 UK Release Date 2004-02-12 AU Release Date 2004-02-12 NZ Release Date 2004-02-12 US Release Date 2004-02-12 Imprint Routledge Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Pages 256 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Publication Date 2004-02-12 Alternative 9780415944939 DEWEY 373.1826947 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:134434105;

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