The Power of the Preps and a Cheerleading Equity Policy

Five years earlier, a Midwestern school board constructed policies to create an equal footing for girls of all races, ethnicities, and social classes to become cheerleaders. The policies were not successful. This qualitative study extends the work of critical feminist policy researchers by highlighting the importance of peer-group affiliation in adolescent girls' lives and how this marker of identity intersected with a cheerleading equity policy