This volume of Adolescence and Education explores the challenges adolescents and their teachers face, such as depression, bullying, violence, and sexual harassment. It also examines strategies to address these issues, highlighting the gap between adolescents' personal and academic needs.

Foreword, Tim Urdan and Frank Pajares. Risk Factors Related to Academic Achievement in Adolescence, Daniel J. Flannery and Kelly L. Wester: A Self-regulation Approach to Understanding Adolescent Depression in the School Context, Karen D. Rudolph. Abusive, Wanted, and Illegal Sexual Experiences in Adolescence, Nancy D. Kellogg. Ethnicity and Peer Harassment during Early Adolescence: Exploring the Psychological Benefits of Ethnic Diversity from an Attributional Perspective, Sandra Graham. Adolescent Victimization and Weapon Use on School Grounds: An Empirical Study from Israel, Ron Avi Astor, Rami Benbenishty, Heather A. Meyer, and Michelle Elena Rosemond. Looking at Adolescents through International Assessments, Gerald W. Bracey. Enrollment, Achievement, and Motivational Profiles of Immigrant and Native Adolescents, Tim Urdan and Deborah Garvey. The Schools-within-Schools Reform: A Viable Solution to the Problems of Large High Schools? Valerie E. Lee and Douglas D. Ready. Bridging Social and Academic Identities: Peer Relations, Friendship, and Educational Experiences, Donna Eder and Janice McCabe. The ""Identity-Education"" Link: Six Themes in an Educational Setting that Influence Adolescent Identity Development and Well-Being, Gerald R. Adams and Susan Palijan. Religion and the Educational Experiences of Adolescents, Geoffrey L. Ream and Ritch C. Savin-Williams. Index.