Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; PART I: High Schools as Contexts of Development; 1 Pressures on teenagers and Their Schools; 2 A Day in the Life; 3 The Two Sides of High School; 4 Updating and Expanding Our Perspective; PART II: A Case Study of Social and Academic Experiences in High School; 5 The stakes of social marginalization; 6 Teenagers at Particular Risk; 7 How Teenagers Know What They Know and Why It Matters; 8 Sources of Resilience; PART III: Helping Teenagers Navigate High School; 9 Solutions within Schools
Summary
Makes the case that the social dynamics and turbulence of high school can disrupt educational trajectories after high school
