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Download full textDanziger, Sandra K.; Farber, Naomi B. – 1990
This paper analyzes an understudied dimension of inner-city education--the diverse nature of women's personal experiences and levels of success in school and the kinds of supportive resources they receive. The data are from qualitative interviews with 53 black teen mothers and their nonparent peers who reside in Detroit (Michigan) or Milwaukee…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adolescents, Black Students, Early Parenthood
Kusimo, Patricia S.; Carter, Carolyn S.; Keyes, Marian C. – 1999
A study looked at how a science and mathematics intervention program for middle school girls, the "Voices" program, affected African American students and their families. Effects of the program on academic achievement and participation and persistence in school were also studied. The Voices program was implemented in one urban and one rural county…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Academic Persistence, Adolescents, Black Students
