The Critical Need to Enforce Title IX as it Relates to Pregnant and Parenting Students
First Presenter's Institution
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
First Presenter's Brief Biography
Christine Stroble received her Ph.D. from The University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Her research focuses on improving education for pregnant and parenting students. She is the author of Helping Teen Moms Graduate: Strategies for Families, Schools, and Community Organizations. She is the founder of Teen Moms Anonymous, a community-based support group program for teen moms who are trauma survivors.
Document Type
Event
Primary Strand
Positive Behavior Interventions and Support
Relevance to Primary Strand
The Critical Need to Enforce Title IX as it relates to Pregnant and Parenting Students relates to Positive Behavior Interventions and Support because it identifies ways attendees can create a more positive school climate for pregnant and parenting students. Currently, 50% of pregnant and parenting students do not complete high school. This is largely because educational barriers push pregnant and parenting students out of school, and schools are in direct violation of Title IX. This presentation identifies nine (9) educational barriers pushing pregnant and parenting students out of school and how schools violate Title IX. Attendees will learn how to address those educational barriers and what they must do to ensure their school complies with Title IX. Doing so will offer pregnant and parenting students the support they need to graduate, thus reducing the current 50% push-out rate for this at-risk population.
Alignment with School Improvement Plan Topics
School Safety
Brief Program Description
Currently, 50% of pregnant and parenting students do not complete high school. This is largely because educational barriers push pregnant and parenting students out of schools, and schools are violating Title IX. Attend this presentation to ensure these educational barriers do not exist at your school and that your school complies with Title IX regarding pregnant and parenting students.
Summary
In this presentation, attendees will be able to identify nine (9) educational barriers pushing pregnant and parenting students out of school. These barriers were identified in a National Women’s Law Center study. To better understand what healthy and safe schools look like for all girls, the National Women’s Law Center collaborated with Lake Research Partners to conduct a study of girls from January 5-19, 2017. The study included an online survey of 1,003 girls ages 14-18 nationwide. Black, Latinas, Asian/Pacific Islander girls, Native American girls, and LGBTQ girls were oversampled. The data were weighted by age, race, and census region to reflect the actual proportions of the population. Oversamples were weighted down to reflect their proportions in the population. The study also included six focus groups on barriers facing girls who are survivors of sexual assault and girls who are either currently pregnant or those who are parenting children.
Attendees will learn recommendations on how to support the academic success of pregnant and parenting students. These recommendations were provided in a pamphlet–Supporting the Academic Success of Pregnant and Parenting Students Under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972- published by the U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights.
Attendees will hear the lived experiences of pregnant and parenting students. This information was gathered in the fall of 2013 during interviews with students who had a teen pregnancy and still graduated high school on time. At the time of the interviews, students were college students or recent college graduates. Graduates were interviewed using an interview protocol to discover what factors helped them graduate. The findings revealed they graduated because they had support from home, school, and the community.
Evidence
In this presentation, attendees will be able to identify nine (9) educational barriers pushing pregnant and parenting students out of school. These barriers were identified in a National Women’s Law Center study. To better understand what healthy and safe schools look like for all girls, the National Women’s Law Center collaborated with Lake Research Partners to conduct a study of girls from January 5-19, 2017. The study included an online survey of 1,003 girls ages 14-18 nationwide. Black, Latinas, Asian/Pacific Islander girls, Native American girls, and LGBTQ girls were oversampled. The data were weighted by age, race, and census region to reflect the actual proportions of the population. Oversamples were weighted down to reflect their proportions in the population. The study also included six focus groups on barriers facing girls who are survivors of sexual assault and girls who are either currently pregnant or those who are parenting children.
Attendees will learn recommendations on how to support the academic success of pregnant and parenting students. These recommendations were provided in a pamphlet–Supporting the Academic Success of Pregnant and Parenting Students Under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972- published by the U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights.
Attendees will hear the lived experiences of pregnant and parenting students. This information was gathered in the fall of 2013 during interviews with students who had a teen pregnancy and still graduated high school on time. At the time of the interviews, students were college students or recent college graduates. Graduates were interviewed using an interview protocol to discover what factors helped them graduate. The findings revealed they graduated because they had support from home, school, and the community.
Learning Objective 1
Participants will be able to identify nine (9) educational barriers pushing pregnant and parenting students out of school.
Learning Objective 2
Participants will be able to identify how Title IX applies to Pregnant and Parenting Students and what the U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights identifies that school MUST do.
Learning Objective 3
Participants will be able to identify ways to address nine (9) educational barriers pushing pregnant and parenting students out of school.
Learning Objective 4
Participants will be able to identify specific steps to create a more positive school climate for this at-risk student population.
Recommended Citation
Stroble, Christine M. Ph.D., "The Critical Need to Enforce Title IX as it Relates to Pregnant and Parenting Students" (2023). Southeast Conference on School Climate. 92.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/secsc/2023/2023/92
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The Critical Need to Enforce Title IX as it Relates to Pregnant and Parenting Students
In this presentation, attendees will be able to identify nine (9) educational barriers pushing pregnant and parenting students out of school. These barriers were identified in a National Women’s Law Center study. To better understand what healthy and safe schools look like for all girls, the National Women’s Law Center collaborated with Lake Research Partners to conduct a study of girls from January 5-19, 2017. The study included an online survey of 1,003 girls ages 14-18 nationwide. Black, Latinas, Asian/Pacific Islander girls, Native American girls, and LGBTQ girls were oversampled. The data were weighted by age, race, and census region to reflect the actual proportions of the population. Oversamples were weighted down to reflect their proportions in the population. The study also included six focus groups on barriers facing girls who are survivors of sexual assault and girls who are either currently pregnant or those who are parenting children.
Attendees will learn recommendations on how to support the academic success of pregnant and parenting students. These recommendations were provided in a pamphlet–Supporting the Academic Success of Pregnant and Parenting Students Under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972- published by the U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights.
Attendees will hear the lived experiences of pregnant and parenting students. This information was gathered in the fall of 2013 during interviews with students who had a teen pregnancy and still graduated high school on time. At the time of the interviews, students were college students or recent college graduates. Graduates were interviewed using an interview protocol to discover what factors helped them graduate. The findings revealed they graduated because they had support from home, school, and the community.
