Editor’s Blog

Why relationships matter

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 In "The Heart Grows Smarter,"  David Brooks discussed the…

Why we need to pressure Congress to pass the Child Protection Improvements Act

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A volunteer mentor from Odessa, Texas was arrested in July for…

A response to the critique of the Brookings Institute report on mentoring

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by Phillip Levine, Ph.D. I am grateful for the attention…

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…

Professors Are Prejudiced, Too

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A recent study, conducted by Katherine Milkman and her colleagues,…

Psychological growth in the aftermath of trauma

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by Jean Rhodes The marathon bombing occurred one year…

Strengthening Adult Capacities to Improve Child Outcomes

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

College admissions and the “rich, inexpressible joy” of mentoring

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by Jean Rhodes In Jon Katz’s book Geeks, he chronicles the…

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…