TY  - BOOK
AU  - Griffith,Alison I.
AU  - Smith,Dorothy E.
TI  - Mothering for schooling
T2  - The critical social thought series
SN  - 0415950538
AV  - LC225.3 .G76 2005
U1  - 371.103 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - New York
PB  - RoutledgeFalmer
KW  - Education
KW  - Parent participation
KW  - United States
KW  - Longitudinal studies
KW  - Mothers
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Women in education
KW  - Feminism and education
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-148) and index; 1; Women and the making of the new middle class --; 2; The mothering discourse --; 3; Time, scheduling, and coordinating the uncoordinated --; 4; Complementary educational work --; 5; Complementary educational work : employed mothers and fathers --; 6; Uptown and downtown in Maltby : school and board perspectives --; 7; Inequality and educational change
N2  - "This book looks at the relationship between the work women do with and for their children in relation to schooling. The authors break their analysis down by class lines, examining the ways in which women's economic positions further affects the experiences their children have. While many books have looked at the relationship between class differences and schooling itself, Smith and Griffith's work stands apart in its examination of the hidden gendered labor behind the scenes of school success and failure. Based on longitudinal interviews with mothers of school-age children, this book exposes the effects mothers' work has on educational systems as a whole and the ways in which inequalities of educational opportunities are reproduced. Ultimately, the authors argue that mothering work will only intensify as resources are withdrawn from schools and as governments shift much of the work of teaching and learning to families."--Publisher description
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