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ERIC Number: ED388456
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1995-Mar
Pages: 52
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
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Goals 2000 and Pregnant and Parenting Teens: Making Education Reform Attainable for Everyone.
Brake, Deborah
Pregnant and parenting teenagers account for a sizable and growing proportion of the population served by public schools. Pregnant and parenting students face significant barriers to academic achievement, largely because traditional school environments often conflict with the competing demands of pregnancy and child rearing. Moreover, the children of teen parents are themselves at high risk for educational failure, as their prospects for academic success are directly correlated with the educational attainment of their mothers. Both the size of this population and its high risk of educational failure make issues relating to pregnant and parenting teens particularly relevant to the national education goals. This report examines the issue, focusing primarily on teen mothers rather than teen fathers, as teen mothers with children to care for vastly outnumber teen fathers and represent a much greater proportion of the school-age population. Following an introduction, the report discusses: the relationship between the national education goals and pregnant and parenting teens; legal requirements relating to pregnant and parenting teens and Goals 2000; strategies for success; federal education reform legislation and the implications for efforts to assist pregnant and parenting teens; and recommendations for state education agencies. A conclusion emphasizes the necessity for educators to ensure that pregnant students and their children receive the assistance they need to succeed in school if the national education goals are to become a reality. Contains 44 references. (TJQ)
National Women's Law Center, Attention: Goals 2000 and Pregnant and Parenting Teens, 11 Dupont Circle, N.W., Suite 800, Washington, DC 20036 ($12).
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: National Women's Law Center, Washington, DC.; National Association of State Boards of Education, Washington, DC.; Council of Chief State School Officers, Washington, DC.
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Goals 2000
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