Cover	1
	Educational Policies and Youth in the 21st Century	4
	Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data	5
	Dedication	6
	Contents	8
	Preface	10
	Acknowledgments	16
	PART I: CHARACTERISTICS AND EXPERIENCES OF 21ST CENTURY YOUTH	18
	CHAPTER 1: Educational Policy and Latin@ Youth	20
	CHAPTER 2: The Languaging Practices and Counternarrative Production of Black Youth	40
	CHAPTER 3: Undocumented Youth, Agency, and Power	56
	CHAPTER 4: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Education	74
	CHAPTER 5: Youths of Poverty	98
	PART II: PROMINENT EDUCATIONAL POLICIES AFFECTING YOUTH	120
	CHAPTER 6: Language Education Policies and Latino Youth	122
	CHAPTER 7: The Impact of Immigration Policy on Education	140
	CHAPTER 8: Mismatched Assumptions	162
	PART III: IMPLICATIONS FOR BETTER POLICY DEVELOPMENT FOR 21ST CENTURY YOUTH	176
	CHAPTER 9: Searching Beyond Success and Standards for What Will Matter in the 21st Century	178
	CHAPTER 10: New Policies for the 21st Century	194
	CHAPTER 11: Social Policies and the Motivational Struggles of Youth	210
	About the Editor	222