Student Mentoring

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Student Well-Being 4 Tips for Starting a For-Credit Peer Mentorship Program in High School
A New Jersey high school's mentorship program matches seniors with 9th graders who need extra support. Both receive course credit.
Caitlynn Peetz, August 30, 2023
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Student Well-Being This High School Matches Freshmen With Senior Mentors. They All Get Course Credit
A New Jersey high school matched seniors with freshmen to ensure the 9th graders had the support they needed to make it through high school.
Caitlynn Peetz, August 28, 2023
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Educators swap strategies and ideas on how to improve instruction in and access to AP courses at the College Board's AP annual conference in Seattle, Wash. on July 19, 2023.
Educators swap strategies and ideas on how to improve instruction in and access to AP courses at the College Board's AP annual conference in Seattle, Wash., on July 19, 2023.
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Equity & Diversity The Surprising Thing That Gets Students to Stick With AP Courses
A school in Katy Independent School District in Texas runs an AP Ambassador program that offers AP course mentorship among students.
Ileana Najarro, July 27, 2023
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Students from MC2 STEM High School in Cleveland critique their classmates’ projects for an event that blends STEM and art on March 16, 2017.
Students critique their classmates’ projects for an event that blends STEM and art in Cleveland on March 16, 2017.
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Science Q&A How High School Students Are Making STEM Education Accessible for Younger Kids
Team STEAM is a program where high school students help elementary students develop STEM skills.
Lauraine Langreo, July 25, 2023
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Student Achievement In Their Own Words This Superintendent Raised Grad Rates in His Rural, High Poverty District. Here’s How
Mario Willis grew up in the Mississippi Delta community where he's now the schools chief.
Elizabeth Heubeck, June 6, 2023
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Student Well-Being Opinion Teachers Can Make the World of Difference in a Child's Life
The roots of resilience in one student’s story thrived largely from the support of caring adults.
Angela Duckworth, April 12, 2023
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School Climate & Safety The 4 People in Schools Who Students Are Most Likely to Call a Mentor
Just about any adult in a school can be a mentor and impact a student's motivation and engagement.
Arianna Prothero, April 4, 2023
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Phil Yordy, left, works with freshman Derek Shallow, 15, right, during the Hawks Take Flight mentorship program after school at Oregon High School in Oregon, Ill., on Feb. 15, 2023. Yordy teaches world history, civics, and freshman seminar and volunteers as a program mentor.
Teacher Phil Yordy, left, works with freshman Derek Shallow, 15, right, during an after school mentoring program at Oregon High School in Oregon, Ill., in February. Yordy teaches world history, civics, and freshman seminar and volunteers as a program mentor.
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Student Well-Being How One School's Mentorship Program Paid Off Big in Academic Gains
A high school mentoring program led to a huge drop in the number of failing grades among freshmen.
Madeline Will, February 21, 2023
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Freshman David Cruz-Santos, 14, left, talks with Olivia Donahue and Phil Yordy during the Hawks Take Flight mentorship program after school at Oregon High School in Oregon, Ill., on Feb. 15, 2023. Donahue teaches science for grades 9-12 and Yordy teaches world history, civics, and freshman seminar. Both teachers volunteer as mentors for the program.
Freshman David Cruz-Santos, 14, left, talks with teachers Olivia Donahue and Phil Yordy during the Hawks Take Flight mentorship program after school at Oregon High School in Oregon, Ill., in February. Both teachers volunteer as mentors for the program.
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Student Well-Being Every Student Needs a Mentor. How Schools Can Make That Happen
School-based mentors can be critical for students' success. Yet not every student who needs a mentor has one.
Madeline Will, February 21, 2023
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Female teacher and male student sitting together at a table with a laptop and tablet
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Student Well-Being What Is the 'Mentoring Gap,' and How Can Schools Help Close It?
Overall, more young people have access to mentors, but Gen Z has fallen a bit behind millennials.
Evie Blad, January 27, 2023
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Julie Scott, the principal at R.L. Wright Elementary School, leads a caroling performance for the high school counselor.
Julie Scott, the principal at R.L. Wright Elementary School in Sedgwick, Kan., leads a caroling performance for the high school counselor.<br/>
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School Climate & Safety These Principals Insist on Connecting Every Student to an Adult They Trust
Ensuring every student has at least one trusted adult at school is important. Two principals explain why.
Denisa R. Superville, January 6, 2023
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Gerilyn Rodriguez, 18, poses at Miami Carol City Park in Miami Gardens, Fla., on Aug. 19, 2022. After struggling with remote learning during the pandemic and dropping out of school, Rodriguez is now a student at Miami-Dade Acceleration Academies.
Gerilyn Rodriguez, 18, struggled with remote learning during the pandemic and dropped out of high school. A "graduation advocate" persuaded her to enroll in Miami-Dade Acceleration Academies in Miami, Fla.
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College & Workforce Readiness Teenager Balances Family Care, Work, and Credit Recovery on a Path to Graduation
Remote learning didn't start Gerilyn Rodriguez's academic problems, but it accelerated them.
Sarah D. Sparks, August 29, 2022
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Nakaya Domina pictured at her home in Las Vegas, Nev., on Aug. 12, 2022. After dropping out of school during the pandemic, she returned to a credit recovery program, where her "graduation candidate advocate" has helped her stay engaged. She expects to graduate this summer, and will then enter a postsecondary program in digital marketing.
Nakaya Domina dropped out of her public high school in Las Vegas in 2019 but managed to graduate this year with the help of a "graduation advocate" and a dropout recovery program.
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College & Workforce Readiness What It Took to Get This Teenager Back on Track to Graduate
Nakaya Domina had been disengaging from school for years before she left Cimarron-Memorial High School in Las Vegas in 2019.
Sarah D. Sparks, August 29, 2022
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Teacher Dawn Mathis works with student Rylee Humphries, 16, during an after school program at Mountain Education Charter High School in Woodstock, Ga. The Mountain Education Charter High School system has a program that pairs struggling students with adults who have faced similar challenges.
Teacher Dawn Mathis works with student Rylee Humphries, 16, during an after school program at Mountain Education Charter High School in Woodstock, Ga. The 18-campus school, which serves returning dropouts and other at-risk students, has expanded since the pandemic due to rising student need.
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College & Workforce Readiness Dropouts Now Face a Steeper Climb to Earn a Diploma Post-Pandemic
Recovery programs say they have seen more students, further behind, than in prior years.
Sarah D. Sparks, August 29, 2022
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