Subject to Change: Teaching and Learning from Teen Moms

After decades in medical science-and a detour into writing novels that never quite worked-Janice Airhart wasn't ready to fade quietly into retirement. At fifty-five, she took a leap into the unknown: she became alternatively certified to teach high school science to pregnant and parenting teen girls in suburban Oklahoma.

Armed with subject expertise and life skills but zero classroom experience, Airhart expected to share knowledge and wisdom. Instead, she found herself schooled. Her students...