Understanding Youth Culture

Technology? Consumerism? Secrecy? What distinguishes the Y2K kids from their predecessors?

From random violence to persistent media messages about masculinity, boys today confront challenges that their fathers did not face.

A chorus of voices tells us that categorizing “grrls” of today is not that easy.

What will happen if the job opportunities of the future do not mesh with the expectations of young people?

More organized than ever before and open to more students, sports can have profound effects on the identity and social status of participants.

Through establishing transition rituals, we can ease the rough passage of adolescents who are moving toward adulthood.

When students select their own service projects, they experience the rewards of meaningful activism.

A field guide to Internet cheating—or how to detect when your students have helped themselves to “source” material.

Those on the margins have much to offer the mainstream.

Open discussion helps students examine the dangers of gangs.

The California requirement for an English language program shows the way for other states to boost achievement of students.

Efforts to teach literacy require diverse approaches that consider language and culture.

Those who espouse English-Only obliterate the issues of poverty, race, and class.

From revising school forms to reviewing the curriculum for inclusiveness, how to make school more welcoming to multiracial children.

The quality of playfulness must be cared for, protected, and nurtured.

Guidelines for discussing controversy with civility, for schools and communities.