Unfit Subjects: Educational Policy and the Teen Mother

By Lucy E. Bailey. 2007

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Teen mothers and schooling: lacunae and challenges (2008, methodology): “Pillow (2004) offers an insight into how educational policy is affected by beliefs, values, and attitudes situated in discourses, which in turn impact on schools’ responses which could create or limit the educational options of learners.”
“I Wanna Have a Good Future”: Teen Mothers' Rise in Educational Aspirations, Competing Demands, and Limited School Support (2007, background): “…the responsibility of caring for a child provided a compelling reason to reinvest in education as a pathway to future opportunities, a finding that is consistent with prior research (Camarena, Minor, Melmer, & Ferrie, 1998; Kendall et al., 2005; Pillow, 2004; Rains et al., 1998; Schultz, 2001).”