Editor’s Blog

Older and (hopefully) wiser: A forthcoming book about youth mentoring

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by Jean Rhodes I wrote Stand by Me: The risks and rewards…

Slow ideas and the power of mentoring

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by Jean Rhodes In a recent New Yorker article, "Slow Ideas,"…

A case for the embracing the science of mentoring

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 by Jean Rhodes Despite significant strides in establishing…

“Grit” is not a panacea for the problems facing disadvantaged youth

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By Jean Rhodes Grit is in the limelight. Schools are teaching…

There’s no substitute for someone who gets you

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by Laura Yoviene and Jean Rhodes We like people who "get"…

In praise of mentors: Miss Blanchard, Mr. P, and the many caring adults who change our lives

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I bid farewell to my dad on a brisk November morning in 1979.…

Big Mentoring News from Europe

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By Jean Rhodes Last Thursday 3/17, the first European Mentoring…

The power of stories in youth mentoring

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By Jean Rhodes There’s a familiar pattern to the many mentoring…
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Can you trust the latest findings? It depends….

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by Jean Rhodes In a recent review of meta-analyses, researchers…

What we talk about when we talk about evidence

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By Jean Rhodes “Don’t accept your dog’s admiration as…

Guest Contributor Niobe Way: Why we should celebrate all mentors, male and female

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by Niobe Way, Ed.D., Professor of Applied Developmental Psychology…

Using Evidence To Do the Most Good, Even When it Reveals an “Inconvenient Truth”

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By Patrick T. McCarthy (reposted W.T. Grant Foundation) Our…

How Does Mentoring Benefit Youth? Let’s Count the Ways

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by David DuBois One of the most common frustrations I…

Empathy adds “powerful, positive spark” to philanthropic giving

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Editor's Note: In a recent NYTimes opinion piece, Jamil Zaki, an…

Can apprenticeships help reduce youth unemployment?

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By Clio Chang, Century Foundation Policy Issue BriefAmerica has…