School-Based Mentoring Impact Study
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Making a Difference in Schools: The Big Brothers Big Sisters School-Based Mentoring Impact Study
Executive Summary
by Carla Herrera, Jean Baldwin Grossman, Tina J. Kauh, Amy F. Feldman and Jennifer McMaken with Linda Z. Jucovy August 2007, 8 pages
Serving almost 870,000 youth nationwide, school-based mentoring is one of the fastest growing forms of mentoring in the US today. Making a Difference in Schools presents findings from a landmark random assignment impact study of Big Brothers Big Sisters School-Based Mentoring—the first national study of this program model. This executive summary highlights nine key findings from the full report and outlines several recommendations for policy and practice.
Full Report and Executive Summary available at: http://www.ppv.org/ppv/youth/youth_p ... id=7#pub220
David M. Young, Professor
Community Resource Specialist
Extension Service
Montana State University
e-mail: dyoung@montana.edu
Phone: 406-994-5552
Fax: 406-994-1756
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