Editors Blog

Chronicle editor, Jean Rhodes, offers her perspectives on topics related to mentoring research, practice, and policies.

Mentoring and politics: Some resources and expert advice

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by Jean Rhodes Mentors are often instructed to avoid discussing…

How the growth mindset shrank: Lessons for the field of youth mentoring

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By Jean Rhodes In his smart new opinion piece, Stuart…

Summer memories and a major study on friendship and mobility

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by Jean Rhodes When I was growing up Allendale, NJ in the…

How Mentors Support Young Adults as They Gain Awareness of Societal Inequality and Engage in Social Action

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Authors: Lidia Y. Monjaras-Gaytan & Bernadette Sánchez Young…

Winner takes all?: Mentoring programs in the age of inequality

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By Jean Rhodes In his recent best-selling book, Winner Takes…

Deconstructing “risk” in youth mentoring programs

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By Cyanea Poon and Jean Rhodes Mentoring programs and researchers…

Building Relationships with Diverse Learners

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Meet Laura Tollis, an 8th-grade teacher who co-teaches math,…

Introduction to issue sponsored by Along

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By Ben Houltberg, Ph.D., LMFT (President & CEO of The Search…

Recent meta-analysis highlights the promise of cross-age peer mentoring

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by Jean Rhodes Although several meta-analyses of intergenerational…

The end of the Build Back Better is a gut punch to kids and poor familie

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By Stephen Seligman (OpEd, reposted from the San Francisco Chronicle) On…