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AcknowledgmentsPart I: The Challenges for Literacy Development Across Disciplines1 Overview of the Text, Francine Falk-Ross2 The Educational Issues Before Us, Francine Falk-Ross3 A Case Study to Consider Using Different Frames of Reference, Francine Falk-RossPART II: Language as a Scaffold for Learning4 The Mediating Role of Pedagogic Discourse, Francine Falk-Ross5 Providing Supportive Contexts for Young Children’s Language to Develop Their Ideas and Opinions, Shobana Musti-Rao and Lenwood Gibson6 Looking at Literacy from the Family-School Frame of Reference, Lee Shumow and Elena Lyutykh7 Mathematics Talk: Literacy Development in a Mathematics Context, Brian Evans8 Literacy and the Arts: How Artistic Perspectives Enhance Literacy Learning, Merryl Goldberg and Laurie Stowell9 Promoting Agency, Access, and Acquisition Among Adolescent English Language Learners, Kathleen A. J. Mohr, Michelle Flory, and Lois Ann KnezekPart III: Talk and Textual Considerations10 Multimodality in Children's School-Based Texts, Roberta Linder11 Addressing Young Adolescents’ Need for Voice and Interaction, Jill Lewis-Spector and Mary McGriff12 From Resistance to Engagement—The Importance of the New Literacies for Struggling Readers and Writers, Peter McDermott and Kathleen Gormley13 Concluding Thoughts, Francine Falk-RossIndexAbout the ContributorsAbout the Editor