Introduction: why identity matters at school / Michael Sadowski
Identity and possibility: adolescent development and the potential of schools / Michael Nakkula
"Joaquín's Dillema": understanding the link between racial identity and school-related behaviors / Pedro A. Noguera
Model minorities and perpetual foreigners: the impact of stereotyping on Asian American students / Stacey J. Lee
"Who am I as a learner?": would girls and boys tend to answer differentely? / Michelle Galley
"I am not insane; I am angry": adolescent masculinity, homophobia, and violence / Michael S. Kimmel
Growing up in the shadows: school and the identity development of the sexual minority youth / Michael Sadowski
Who wins and who loses?: social class and student identities / Ellen Brantlinger
The impact of disability on adolescent identity / Micheal L. Wehmeyer
Beyond categories: the complex identities of adolescence / John Raible and Sonia Nieto
Afterword: from understanding to action / Michael Sadowski.