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March's Whole Child Podcast: The Honors Challenge

Jessica Cameron – March 19, 2009

This month on the Whole Child Podcast, Joe DiMartino, founder and president of the Center for Secondary School Redesign, and Tim Waters, president and CEO of Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning, discuss how our schools help to perpetuate the gap in student outcomes, as well as strategies for addressing the underlying belief systems that can create negative patterns. Take the honors challenge—after listening to the podcast, tell us what you are doing in your school and community to close the believing-doing gap.

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Executive Director - PHILADELPHIA READS March 24, 2009 9:58 AM Adrienne Jacaoby, Ed.D.: I was not surprised to read about the importance of mentoring and its affect on a student's educational success. Having been a principal in Philadelphia and now Executive Director of a non-profit that supports children's literacy, I have seen many ah ha's and transformations. PR has over 1200 mentors from socially conscious businesses that tutor and mentor 1st and 2nd graders weekly. The comments from the mentors, teachers, children and parents indicate how children are reframing their life's goals and understanding their potential. Of course, their academic skills improve through this one to one relationship. It is a win-win situation for everyone.