Contributors’ Blog

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

By Jean Rhodes In an important new Annual Review of…

How “mind mapping” can help mentors and mentees find activities

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By Shawn Mintz (from MentorCity) Brainstorm possibilities…

Will I be able to understand my mentee?: Examining the potential risk of the dominant culture mentoring marginalized youth

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Editor's Note This is a very thoughtful piece by Jennifer Lindwall, the…

Strengthening quality youth mentoring programs through service fellowships

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by Marty Martinez As practitioners, we are all committed…

It Takes a Mentor

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 Thomas L. Friedman, posted in the New York Times With millions…

New, Exciting…and Effective? Tips on Evaluating Innovative and New Programming

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Organizations are evolving rapidly within the mentoring field…

We are overmedicating America’s poorest kids

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Editor's note: Nancy Rappaport, MD a colleague who has devoted…

What is person-centered analysis?

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Within quantitative research, most analyses can be grouped…

Strengthening Adult Capacities to Improve Child Outcomes

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by Jack P. Shonkoff, Harvard University, From SpotlightonPoverty.org Achieving…

Changes to Key Numbers in “The Mentoring Effect” Report

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by David DuBois This report as originally issued (Bruce &…

Everyone needs a beta! Mentoring relationships in the fan fiction community

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by Sarah Schwartz As a part of the MacArthur Research Network…