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Direct linkKolar, David W.; McBride, Christine A. – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2011
The impact of length of the match and age of the child was evaluated in a site-based mentoring program. At-risk children ranging in age from 7 to 12 were matched with an adult mentor and met approximately once a week at school during the academic year. Results indicated that neither the length of the match nor the age of the child influenced the…
Descriptors: Mentors, At Risk Students, Adults, Program Descriptions
Download full textHanning, Eileen – 1996
Educational and developmental researchers suggest that children who have experienced homelessness suffer both in self-esteem and in literacy development, although early research is not complete. The Reading Connection (TRC), a community-based nonprofit organization in northern Virginia, focuses on the social aspect of reading, rather than…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Community Programs, Elementary Education, Homeless People
