Effectiveness of a Youth Mentorship Program Examined

By Anne W. Howard

NEW BOOKS

Making a Difference in Schools: The Big Brothers Big Sisters School-Based Mentoring Impact Study, by Carla Herrera, Jean Baldwin Grossman, Tina J. Kauh, Amy F. Feldman, and Jennifer McMaken, with Linda Z. Jucovy, reports on this mentoring program's effectiveness in schools. Focusing on 10 Big Brothers Big Sisters organizations in nine states, the publication finds that the program does improve students' academic performance and