Gender and Social Class: Intersecting Issues in Women's Achievement

The goals of this article are three-fold. My first aim is to review research on gender and social class as intersecting factors in children's achievement, focusing particularly on what is known about girls in working-class families. The second aim is to summarize work that I have been conducting on the effects of structural change in the economy on working families with particular attention to the different implications for girls and boys. Finally, I propose directions for research and social policy to address gender and class issues in achievement in the context of changing macroeconomic conditions.