Entries by Jean Rhodes

Short new animated film describes “connected learning”

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  Connected Learning: Relevance, the 4th R Here is a new video that explains MacArthur Foundation’s Connected Learning initiative. Connected Learning happens is when youth are pursuing expertise around something they care deeply about, and they are supported by friends & institutions who share this common passion that is tuned to the demands and opportunities […]

An important new meta-analytic review of youth mentoring programs

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Delinquency expert Patrick Tolan and his colleagues (Tolan, Henry, Schoeny, Bass, Lovegrove, & Nichols, 2013) recently took stock of the mentoring literature and its effects on delinquency (i.e., arrests and convictions), as well as indicators associated with delinquency (i.e., academic outcomes, aggression, drug use). Their comprehensive review extended previous meta-analyses by: systematically exploring how variations in program […]

In Memory of a Friend, Teacher and Mentor

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By PHILIP ROTH reprinted from the New York Times I WAS 12 years old when I entered the Hawthorne Avenue Annex in February 1946. The Annex, a 15-minute bus ride for me from the main high school, was where you went in those days as a freshman at Newark’s Weequahic High. The first teacher I […]

Nationwide Effort to Recruit Male Mentors for 12,000 African American Boys

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from PRNewswire ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — When renowned radio personality Michael Baisden posted “A real man takes care of his kids no matter what the relationship is with the mother of the child,” on his Facebook page, he never anticipated the over nine million views or one million plus likes and comments he received as feedback! The […]

Study finds mentoring key to influencing pupils to apply to University

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(Phys.org, reprinted) —Appropriately-timed student mentoring schemes can have a large and substantiate effect on influencing secondary pupils from disadvantaged areas apply to university. These are the findings of a pilot study, published today, that tested the impact and delivery of mentoring on pupils’ intentions to apply to university. The Economic and Social Research Council [ESRC]-funded […]

10/17 webinar on group mentoring

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Group Mentoring: Bridging Research and Effective Practice Thursday, October 17, 2013 10:00-11:15 AM Pacific/ 11:00-12:15 PM Mountain/ 12:00-1:15 PM Central/1:00-2:15 PM Eastern Group mentoring is an increasingly popular strategy for providing positive relationships and activities to youth in need. In fact, over 20% of youth mentoring programs offer some form of group mentoring, while a […]

What is connected learning?: Implications for mentoring

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by Sarah Schwartz, Ph.D.,Postdoctoral Fellow, MacArthur Foundation, Connected Learning Research Network.  Connected learning is a framework developed to understand and support learning in current social, economic, technological, and cultural contexts (Ito et al., 2013). In a society where existing educational pathways no longer guarantee opportunity, and with a growing gap between the haves and the […]

Educational leader describes the role of mentors in his life

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Charlie Nelms, Ed.D. Higher Education Expert and Consultant Mentoring Matters Posted: 09/23/2013 5:24 pm, Huffington Post I am often asked by young, aspiring university administrators to what do I owe my success as a 40-year leader in higher education, including three times as a university chancellor. My reply is always fourfold. First, I made sure […]