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Although school is only one of many places where youths write, the writing privileged in school is often upheld as standard, whereas adolescents’ out‐of‐school writing often uses forms, styles, and topics not taught or allowed in school. Little is known about how K–12 educators can use research on out‐of‐school writing to inform in‐school writing curricula. The author examined research on adolescent...