Contributors’ Blog

How Mentoring Can Shift from “Beating the Odds” to Changing the Odds

By Jean Rhodes In an important new Annual Review of…

Can apprenticeships help reduce youth unemployment?

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By Clio Chang, Century Foundation Policy Issue BriefAmerica has…

What is toxic stress and why does it matter for youth mentoring programs

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  By Venessa Marks and Julie Novak This blog is…

Tim Cavell on developmental relationships: They are the “holy grail but….”

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Am J Orthopsychiatry. 2012 Apr;82(2):157-66. doi: 10.1111/j.1939-0025.2012.01151.x.Developmental…

On sparks, purpose, and natural mentors

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Reflections on Natural Mentoring Conference by Peter Samuelson,…

The Future of Evidence-based Policy

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By Vivian Tseng First published on the WT Grant blog As…

Parents Aren’t Teachers — They’re Parents

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Kent Pekel President and CEO, Search Institute At the start…

Methods Corner Cracking the code: How to Read a Research Paper

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by Adar Ben-Eliyahu, PhD For many of us, reading an academic…

Difficult mentee? He or she may be struggling with borderline personality disorder

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Editor's Note: In a popular article a few years back, Jane Brody…

4th Edition of the Elements of Effective Practice released: Free downloads

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Download Here  The new Elements are here! This effort…

Mentors: The Real Disruptive Innovation in Education

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by Brandon Busteed Story Highlights …

Why “there’s simply no real substitute for physical presence”

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Editor's Note: Many of us can relate to this thoughtful New…

Practice Corner: Parents are an important part of the equation

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An Important Part of the Equation By: Marty Martinez As practitioners…