Outstanding Programs: Brothers Keeper
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B R O T H E R ' SK E E P E R
M E N T O R S H I P F O R T H E 2 1 S TC E N T U R Y
R I C H A R D H O R O W I T Z
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Research continues to show thatmentorship can play a key role in later
success.
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But, clearly, some children do not haveaccess to ideal role-models
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But a new, presidential, educationintiative called "My Brother's Keeper",
will bring that chance to one millionunder-privileged school children.
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The biggest goal right now, isto use these mentors to
prevent truancy, and makesure that students are
attending.
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The program will begin in ten citiesfrom Boston to Seattle, and slowly
grow. The first two years will focus on250,000 students in grades 6-9.
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It will then expand to reach kids fromkindergarten through high school.
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The mentors come from a variety ofbackgrounds and will meet with thestudents 3 times per week to ensure
attendance.
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While ensuring attendancemay seem like a low goal, high
rates of absenteeism arecorrelated with poor
classroom performance andgreater likelihood to drop out.Not a bad thing to try and fix!