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Kyla Ellis-Sloan – Educational Review, 2024
This paper draws attention to how markers of adulthood linked to education and employment form an influential social narrative and argues that these help to construct teenage motherhood as problematic. Social policies, informed by this narrative, reinforce the idea of a "correct" path through education and into employment from which…
Descriptors: Early Parenthood, Mothers, Social Bias, Social Discrimination
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Wilson, Clancie Mavello – Journal of Negro Education, 2009
Research has suggested that low socioeconomic status is a major factor in diminishing academic achievement of African American urban youth; however, there are other factors influencing students' achievement. To examine the other factors that contribute to academic achievement, this study investigated a sample of 60 low-resource middle school…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Mothers, Academic Achievement, Well Being