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These mentoring relationships for students can be provided at school through volunteer programs embedded in the school day or through afterschool programming, as well as through community-based organizations that operate mentoring services outside of schools. Mentoring relationships that develop naturally can also support educational outcomes, both through the support offered by extended kin, family friends, and community leaders, as well as through the meaningful relationships that are created between students and educators during the school day. In fact, analyses of one prominent national data set suggest that teachers and other school personnel (e.g., counselors, coaches, front office and cafeteria staff) are among the most commonly cited sources of mentors for youth nationwide, even when compared to extended family members, faith leaders, employers, and other groups.1,2  \nThe nation’s young people keenly need the support of all of these mentors, especially in light of the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic on the educational engagement and progress of the nation’s students. While many districts and schools have long struggled to raise academic achievement metrics and graduation rates, the multi-year pandemic has greatly impacted  \nevery student in America, with the impact hitting hardest on low-income students, students of color, students with learning disabilities, and young people facing adversities and experiencing marginalization. One recent study found that the distance learning and other disruptions of the last few years left the average American student five months behind in mathematics and four months behind in reading by the end of the 2020-21 school year, with students in majority Black schools ending the year with six months of unfinished learning and students in low-income schools with seven.3  \nEven though in-person school is resuming in most communities across the nation, students have now spent several years disconnected from caring adults in their schools and afterschool settings. A recent study found that only 39% of students felt that adults at school were available to talk to them when they were having problems, a paltry 28% felt like their teachers were making an effort to understand their life outside of school, 43% said they felt like they were part of their school community, and a staggering half of all students in the nation (49%), felt like depression and anxiety were serious obstacles to their virtual learning last year and their ability to do well in school this year.4 We know that this disengagement —and the wave of adverse life experiences that young people have faced in recent years — increases their risk of disconnecting completely from school and giving up on their educational futures.5  \nThis is a critical moment for the nation’s young people and their educational development and growth. Here we highlight the positive impact that mentoring relationships – both those that occur in programmatic contexts in and out of schools and those that form naturally in communities – can make in supporting the academic achievement of our nation’s students.  \nMajor Research Findings  \nSeveral major meta-analyses of mentoring have touted the effectiveness of mentoring that occurs in programs in supporting the educational achievement of young people:  \n• The 2002 and 2011, meta-analyses by DuBois and colleagues each found evidence that mentoring programs  generally have a significant, positive  impact on youth academic achievement  and educational success, which included  outcomes such as improved attendance,  grades and test scores, and classroom  behavior.6,7 The more recent 2019 metaanalysis by Raposa and colleagues reached a similar conclusion on a variety of ac","cbCaipa1GRgpvM1z","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaipa1GRgpvM1z","pdf",172513,"English","# Introduction\n# Major Research Findings","[{\"question\":\"What types of mentoring relationships can support students’ academic progress?\",\"answer\":\"Mentoring can be provided through school-based volunteer programs, afterschool programming, and community-based organizations. It can also develop naturally through relationships with extended kin, family friends, community leaders, and educators during the school day.\"},{\"question\":\"Which groups are most affected by pandemic-related educational disruption?\",\"answer\":\"The text states that the impact has hit hardest on low-income students, students of color, students with learning disabilities, and young people facing adversities and marginalization.\"},{\"question\":\"What do major meta-analyses say about mentoring programs and educational outcomes?\",\"answer\":\"Meta-analyses found that mentoring programs generally have a significant positive impact on youth academic achievement and educational success, including improved attendance, grades and test scores, and better classroom behavior, with additional positive effects across many academic outcomes.\"}]","Mentoring Relationships and Student Academic Success | PDF",1792056437,15]