Introduction: Real adolescents / 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 -- Adolescents from immigrant families : relationships and adaptation in school / Carola Suarez-Orozco, Desiree Baolian Qin, Ramona Fruja Amthor -- Model minorities and perpetual foreigners : the impact of stereotyping on Asian American students / Stacey J. Lee -- "Who am I as a learner?" : would boys and girls tend to answer differently? / Michelle Galley -- "I am not insane; I am angry" : adolescent masculinity, homophobia, and violence / Michael S. Kimmel -- Still in the shadows? : lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students in U.S. schools / Michael Sadowski -- Who wins and who loses? : social class and student identities / Ellen Brantlinger -- The impact of disability on adolescent identity / Michael L. Wehmeyer -- A question of "faith" : adolescent spirituality in public schools / Eric Toshalis -- Beyond categories : the complex identities of adolescents / John Raible, Sonia Nieto -- Afterword: From understanding to action : ten principles of practice / Michael Sadowski.