Education and Employment
Contents of This Chapter:
- Chapter Reading Guide
- Education and Employment Changes to Education: Birth through Adulthood
- Education: Birth through Secondary Education
- Childcare
- Lack of Quality Childcare Impacts U.S. Families
- Family Choices in K–12 Education
- In Focus: Funding Inequities
- Neurodiverse and Neurotypical Students
- Rainbow Flags and Black Lives Matter
- Comprehension Self Check
- Licenses and Attributions for Education: Birth Through Adulthood
- References
- Post-Secondary Education and Families
- Differences between Certificates and Degrees
- Family Structure and Longevity
- College Students Who Are Also Parents
- Generational Inequities in Education
- Federal Student Aid and Loans
- Educational Debt, Not Achievement Gap
- Comprehension Self Check
- Licenses and Attributions for Post-Secondary Education and Families
- References
- Gender, Work, and Family
- Care Work
- Lack of Childcare and Eldercare
- In Focus: Pandemic Parenting
- Emotional Labor and Kin-Keeping
- In Focus: Gendered Work Expectations, Taxes, and Family Wealth
- Caregivers at Home, Caregivers at Work
- In Focus: Working with My Family
- Comprehension Self Check
- Licenses and Attributions for Care Work
- References
- Looking Ahead: Laborers Who Are Undocumented
- Going Deeper
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