Editor’s Blog
Flash mentoring: An innovative new approach to building social capital
By Jean Rhodes
Researchers have theorized about different…
Slow ideas and the power of mentoring
3 Comments
/
by Jean Rhodes
In a recent New Yorker article, "Slow Ideas,"…
A case for the embracing the science of mentoring
by Jean Rhodes
Despite significant strides in establishing…
Two new findings (and a surprise) about working with more challenging mentees
By Jean Rhodes and Elizabeth Raposa
In case you missed…
“Grit” is not a panacea for the problems facing disadvantaged youth
By Jean Rhodes
Grit is in the limelight. Schools are teaching…
There’s no substitute for someone who gets you
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
I bid farewell to my dad on a brisk November morning in 1979.…
Big Mentoring News from Europe
By Jean Rhodes
Last Thursday 3/17, the first European Mentoring…
The power of stories in youth mentoring
By Jean Rhodes
There’s a familiar pattern to the many mentoring…
Can you trust the latest findings? It depends….
by Jean Rhodes
In a recent review of meta-analyses, researchers…
What we talk about when we talk about evidence
By Jean Rhodes
“Don’t accept your dog’s admiration as…
Explaining terror to children and adolescents
by Jean Rhodes, Ph.D.
The attacks in Paris raise difficult…
Anchors, webs, and the triumph of Lorenzo Maudlin
By Jean Rhodes
In a recent NYTimes Magazine feature, journalist…