Contributors’ Blog

Four ways schools can encourage teacher-student relationships

Reprinted from EducationWeek by Matthew A. Kraft Matthew…

Therapeutic Mentoring: A Scalable Solution to the Youth Mental Health Crisis

by Alexandra Werntz, PhD Licensed clinical psychologist Associate…

A Timely Debate: Candice Odgers & Jon Haidt Discuss Social Media and Youth Mental Health

In the following video, Drs. Bethany Teachman and Nancy Deutsch…

Principles in practice: A review of Peter Samuelson’s new book on PYD

By Jean Rhodes Peter L. Samuelson’s Positive Youth Development…

10 research-based tips for building strong helping relationships with youth

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by Jean Rhodes Particularly since good working relationships…

Youth Mental Health Corps Launches Nationwide Program to Support Youth Well-being

New Initiative Deploys Young Adult "Navigators" to Schools…

Should mentors be compensated? Two experts weigh in

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Professor Timothy Cavell is the  Director of the Center…

Saniya Soni

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Saniya Soni is an incoming 1st year graduate student at UMass…

Megyn Jasman joins the Chronicle as an Associate Editor

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Megyn Jasman is the Assistant Director and Research Coordinator…

A conversation with Professor Bernadette Sanchez

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Professor Bernadette Sanchez is one of our fields most prolific…

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…

Building Relationships with Diverse Learners

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

The youth mental health crisis is real, but teachers can’t solve it alone

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By David B. Shapiro and Stephanie M. Jones, Reprinted from…