A report on how families, educators, and communities can work together to improve schools and give children the quality education they need to lead happy, productive lives. Includes helping children to learn the basics and core academic subjects; creating safe and drug-free schools that teach basic American values; making college more accessible; getting technology and computers into classrooms; raising standards of achievement and discipline; and teaching and connecting young people to real life skills that prepare them for work and adulthood.

Fifty years ago, students who were parents were a rarity in college classrooms, but by the beginning of the twenty-first century, over a quarter of all undergraduate students were parents. In Back in School, A. Fiona Pearson explores how these student parents navigate cultural norms and institutional resources, forging pathways as they journey to become better parents and successful students. Back in School examines how policy makers, professors, college administrators, counselors, and social workers provide or deny access to child care, tutoring, financial aid, or other campus- or community-based resources. Pearson further explores how social norms and governmental and organizational policies influence access to these resources and student parents’ experiences on campus and at home.