I have hosted a list of Chicago and national volunteer-based tutor, mentor and learning programs on my website since 1993, with the goal that each program will learn ways to constantly improve by learning from others, and donors, policy-makers, businesses and others will use the website to help programs grow in all areas where they are needed.
The graphic below is a question I've tried to ask myself, and others, with my blog articles. "How can we do this better?"
The graphic below is a question I've tried to ask myself, and others, with my blog articles. "How can we do this better?"
The articles are intended for program leaders, volunteers, policy makers, resource providers, business, volunteers and virtually anyone who is concerned about poverty, inequality, workforce development and/or democracy.
This graphic shows the tags on the left side of the blog, with the larger size type representing more articles with that tag. This was created in 2016 so there are a few more categories in the tag list now, but if you browse the list you'll find them. Just open any of the tags, then scroll through the articles.
As a short cut to help you find a few articles that provide a broad overview of what I'm writing about, visit this Tumblr site, where I've archived about 20 articles pulled from this blog.
I don't expect anyone to read every article in a day, or a year. However, if you follow current articles and browse past articles from time-to-time you'll begin to understand the ideas I'm sharing and hopefully, you'll want to share them via your own blog, meetings, social media, etc.
Thanks for reading. As we move further through 2025 the challenges of building and sustaining volunteer-based tutor/mentor and learning programs reaching k-12 youth in high poverty areas will grow as the competition for funding gets more severe, due to cuts in Federal funding.
Finding ideas that work for some people in some places which can be applied by other people in many places is a potentially winning strategy.
I hope you'll connect with me on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, BlueSky, Twitter, etc. (see links here). Share your own resource libraries and blog links. Help guide more people through this information.
If you value this work please visit this page and use the PayPal button to send me some financial support to help fund this work.
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| search on Google for "tutor mentor" and any of these words. |
This graphic shows the tags on the left side of the blog, with the larger size type representing more articles with that tag. This was created in 2016 so there are a few more categories in the tag list now, but if you browse the list you'll find them. Just open any of the tags, then scroll through the articles.
I don't expect anyone to read every article in a day, or a year. However, if you follow current articles and browse past articles from time-to-time you'll begin to understand the ideas I'm sharing and hopefully, you'll want to share them via your own blog, meetings, social media, etc.
Thanks for reading. As we move further through 2025 the challenges of building and sustaining volunteer-based tutor/mentor and learning programs reaching k-12 youth in high poverty areas will grow as the competition for funding gets more severe, due to cuts in Federal funding.
Finding ideas that work for some people in some places which can be applied by other people in many places is a potentially winning strategy.
I hope you'll connect with me on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, BlueSky, Twitter, etc. (see links here). Share your own resource libraries and blog links. Help guide more people through this information.
If you value this work please visit this page and use the PayPal button to send me some financial support to help fund this work.
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