Offers students an opportunity to obtain a broader understanding of literacy development, the structure of academic language, and the foundations of writing proficiency beyond decoding and performing timed writing proficiencies. Explores the multiliteracies that students bring with them. Addresses issues related to nondominant students whose language and literacy practices do not mirror those expected in schools. Examines the literacy needs of English-language learners, speakers of nondominant varieties of English, students with disabilities, and youth who struggle with developing 21st-century literacy skills. Considers how the language and literacy practices of youth mediate their learning and development in school and examines, from a sociocultural perspective, these practices that are often not leveraged as resources for learning in classrooms.