God, Grades, and Graduation: Religion’s Surprising Impact on Academic Success by Ilana Horwitz, PhD

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Ilana M. Horwitz

• Identifies a new type of childrearing logic that cuts across social class groups: religious restraint
• Draws on 10 years of surveys with 3,290 teenagers, along with 220 in-depth interviews with American teenagers across the class and racial spectrum
• Explains how the different combinations of religious restraint, class, and gender shape the academic trajectory of teens from high school to college
• Includes a unique chapter on academically successful atheist students