As schools struggle to redefine and restructure themselves, they need to be aware of the new realities of adolescents. Thus, this series of monographs and texts is committed to depicting the variety of adolescent cultures that exist in today’s troubled world. It is primarily a qualitative research, practice, and policy series devoted to contextual interpretation and analysis that encompasses a broad range of interdisciplinary critique.

confronts one of the most enduring and controversial issues in education—the nexus between poverty and underachievement.

presents cutting-edge empirical and theoretical research on the role of Critical Pedagogy in transforming sexuality education.