Contributors’ Blog

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

By Jean Rhodes In an important new Annual Review of…

The perils of “Growth Mindset” education

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By ALFIE KOHN reposted from Salon.com One of the most popular…

Marty Martinez’ Top Mentoring Moments

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by Marty Martinez Throughout my life, I've been lucky…

Teaching Social Skills to Improve Grades and Lives

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FIXES ByDAVID BORNSTEINJULY 24, 2015  In the early 1990s,…

The Detrimental Effects of Poverty on the Developing Brain

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http://neurosciencenews.com/child-poverty-brain-changes-2274/…

New York Times – President Obama spotlighted a national crisis

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From the New York Times Editors President Obama spotlighted…

Does Your School or Program Really Value Relationships? Six Questions to Ask…

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By: Kent Pekel, Ed.D. President, Search Institute. Post…

Let’s build partnerships to improve evidence uptake

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Post by Vivian Tseng, Vice President, Programs at the William…

Racial discrimination and ethnic identity in Latina/o youth

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by Bernadette Sanchez Ali Mroczkowski, my student, and I recently…

Should “mentor duty” be the new “jury duty?”

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By Brandon Busteed Gallup just conducted a large study of…

The Hidden Costs of Growing up in the Shadow of Wealth for Low-Income Children

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By Candice Odgers, Ph.D. (posted on WTGrant.Org) William…

The two most important features of high-quality mentoring programs

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Editor's Note: Here is the second installment of this important…