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Direct linkChan, Wing Yi; Kuperminc, Gabriel P.; Seitz, Scot; Wilson, Christyl; Khatib, Nadim – Youth & Society, 2020
This study examined the association between participation in a school-based group-mentoring program (Project Arrive) and academic outcomes in a group of ninth-grade students who had been identified as at high risk of high-school dropout (n = 239). Comparison participants were ninth-grade students with similar levels of risk (n = 980). Using…
Descriptors: Mentors, Grade 9, At Risk Students, Dropout Prevention
Amos, Jason, Ed. – Alliance for Excellent Education, 2008
"Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress" is a biweekly newsletter that focuses on education news and events both in Washington, DC and around the country. The following articles are included in this issue: (1) "Setting the Stage for New High Schools": Alliance, National League of Cities Cohost Capitol Hill Briefing…
Descriptors: High Schools, Educational Finance, Public Education, Newsletters
Download full textWhat Works Clearinghouse, 2007
"Twelve Together" is a one-year peer support and mentoring program for middle and early high school students that offers weekly after-school discussion groups led by trained volunteer adult facilitators. Each peer discussion group consists of about 12 participants, who are a mix of students at high risk of academic failure and others at…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Middle School Students, Peer Influence, Peer Groups
