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Adolescents at School:
Perspectives on Youth, Identity, and Education

Edited by Michael Sadowski

Reviews of Adolescents at School:

"This is an invaluable volume for students of education and counseling at all levels, as well as current educators and parents of adolescents. Summing Up: ESSENTIAL. Undergraduate, graduate and professional collections."
-CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, November 2003

"Adolescents at School: Perspectives on Youth, Identity and Education is a very powerful book that should be read by every secondary school teacher, administrator, and school board member. In addition, every parent or guardian of an adolescent child should read this book."
-Click here to read the complete text of Hersh Waxman's November review at TCRecord.org.

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Praise for Adolescents at School:

"This practical and readable book is an incredibly valuable addition to any educator's library. It should be required reading at our college and university schools of education. Sadowski has edited an excellent resource that will help teachers, administrators, counselors, and parents serve our young people better."
-Bob Chase, President of the National Education Association, 1996-2002

"Adolescents at School is an extraordinary collection. I had a hard time putting it down. Each of these essays digs deeply and thoughtfully into a subject so vital to us all, with exactly the right balance between the personal, the anecdotal, and the research data. Every chapter is a 'critical' read, with a powerful cumulative impact. This book will be central to staff and family discussions at schools everywhere."
-Deborah Meier, Co-Principal, Mission Hill School, Boston, Massachusetts and author of In Schools We Trust and The Power of Their Ideas.

"I wish every teacher, every parent, every person who works with adolescents would read this book. Insightful and informative, Adolescents at School combines wisdom gained through research and practice with the voices of young people to help us better understand the adolescents with whom we work. Adolescents at School belongs in every school."
-Michele Forman, National Teacher of the Year, 2001
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About Adolescents at School

As any teacher or parent knows, adolescence is a time when youth grapple with the question, "Who am I?" The answers don't always come easily. Issues of race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexual orientation, and ability often complicate this question for youth, affecting their schoolwork and their relationships with teachers, administrators, and peers.

Adolescents at School gives educators, administrators, community leaders, counselors, social workers, health-care professionals, and parents a glimpse into the complex "identities" adolesxents negotiate as they manage the challenges of school. The book contains the perspectives of teachers, researchers, and administrators—and adolescents themselves—who explore what it means to be a middle or high school student in the United States today. Practical and jargon-free, the book suggests ways to foster the success of every student in our schools and classrooms. Contributors include Pedro Noguera, Beverly Daniel Tatum, Stacey Lee, Michael Kimmel, Ellen Brantlinger, and Sonia Nieto.

Michael Sadowski is the former Editor of the Harvard Education Letter and winner of the 2002 National Press Club Award for newsletter journalism. He is on the Education Faculty at Bard College.

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Table of Contents for Adolescents at School

Introduction: Why Identity Matters at School
Michael Sadowski

Identity and Possibility: Adolescent Development and the Potential of Schools
Michael Nakkula

"Joaquin's dilemma": Understanding the Link between Racial Identity and School-Related Behaviors
Pedro A. Noguera

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Profile: Listening to Minority Students: One District's Approach to Closing the Achievement Gap
Thomas Fowler-Finn

Commentary: Opening the Dialogue about Race at School
Beverly Daniel Tatum

Model Minorities and Perpectual Foreigners: The Impact of Stereotyping on Asian American Students
Stacey J. Lee

Profile: "Desde Entonces, Soy Chicana" A Mexican Immigrant Students Resists Subtractive Schooling
Angela Valenzuela

"Who Am I as a Learner?" Would Girls and Boys Tend to Answer Differently?
Michelle Galley

Profile: Writing Their Way Through: Adolescent Girls and Note Writing
Theresa Squires Collins

"I Am Not Insane; I Am Angry": Adolescent Masculinity, Homophobia, and Violence
Michael S. Kimmel

Interview: Male Adolescent Identity and the Roots of Aggression
A conversation with James Garbarino, interviewed by Darcia Harris Bowman

Growing Up in the Shadows: School and the Identity Development of Sexual Minority Youth
Michael Sadowski

Commentary: "Why Use That Word?" Adolescents and Queer Identity
Arthur Lipkin

Who Wins and Who Loses? Social Class and Student Identities
Ellen Brantlinger

Interview: Class and Identity in a Socioeconomically Diverse High School
A discussion with Elaine Bessette, Joan Lowe, and Bill Quinn

The Impact of Disability on Adolescent Identity
Michael L. Wehmeyer

Profile: Making Their Own Way: The Perspectives of Three Young People with Disabilities
Michael L. Wehmeyer

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Beyond Categories: The Complex Identities of Adolescents
John Raible and Sonia Nieto

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Adolescents at School:
Perspectives on Youth, Identity, and Education
Edited by Michael Sadowski
©2003
ISBN 1-891792-10-5 $24.95 paperback, ORDER
182 pages
$24.94 paperback

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