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Bruce, Mary; Bridgeland, John – Civic Enterprises, 2014
This report shares the findings from the first nationally representative survey of young people's perspectives on mentoring. While mentoring is needed and wanted by young people to help them stay on the path to high school graduation, college success, and productive adulthood, a significant mentoring gap exists in America, especially for at-risk…
Descriptors: Mentors, Surveys, Student Attitudes, Academic Aspiration
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Wilson, Anthony – English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2010
The status of poetry both in the writing curriculum and in wider popular culture is best described as mixed (Wilson, 2009). In spite of a strong post-war tradition of enthusiasm for the teaching of poetry writing, it is currently felt to be marginalised in the writing curriculum (Dymoke, 2007; Ofsted, 2007). This paper reports on the beliefs,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Poetry, Reputation, Value Judgment