Discusses the use of coaching to establish a communal learning effort among teachers and reinforce skills introduced through inservice. Issues examined include the length of coaching, who should coach, training coaches, coaching's effects, the relationships of evaluation and supervision to coaching, the principal's role, and implementation. (MCG)

This article discusses the characteristics of the Kennedy Kids and Adults Together program, a successful elementary mentoring program for students and community members. Ten steps for establishing such a program are outlined and the results of a program evaluation conducted with students, family members, teachers, and mentors are reported.…

This study examined the operating characteristics of six Campus Partners in Learning programs, which team college and university students as mentors with teenagers and younger youth. The project involved four separate but closely interrelated studies: (1) an implementation study; (2) a relationship formation study; (3) an outcomes study that…