Adolescent Literacy initially appeared as a special issue of the Harvard Educational Review. It explores key issues and debates in the adolescent literacy crisis, the popular use of cognitive strategies, and disciplinary and content-area literacy. Also examined are alternative forms of literacy, afterschool interventions, new instruction models for African American males, and the experiences of educators.
Jacy Ippolito is an assistant professor in the School of Education at Salem State University.
Jennifer L. Steele is a policy researcher at the RAND Coporation in Washington, DC, where she studies teacher quality, education reform, and data-based decision making in schools.
Jennifer F. Samson is an assistant professor in the graduate program in learning disabilities at Hunter College, City University of New York.