June 27, 2024
How SETS Makes Your Data Work for You Transforming Observations into Data Does your program work to see students as individuals and teach to their strengths? […]
Positive Youth Development has been found to be far more effective with all students, especially those who are marginalized. Merge Education offers resources for teachers and mentors to develop their capacity to work positively and effectively with youth.
March 2, 2023
Why Use Anchor Points to Assess Youth? Youth development practitioners (both teachers and mentors) often find that anchor points do exactly as their name implies: they […]
June 23, 2022
The Best Assessment for Youth Development Programs If you and your teachers think most assessment for youth development is senseless, you’re in good company. In fact, […]
April 24, 2021
Group Mentoring for Positive Youth Development Often thought of as a one-on-one experience, mentoring is really a way of being with students. A mentoring orientation is […]
April 22, 2020
Strengths-based Mentoring Transformed my Teaching Experience Strengths-based mentoring changed the way I teach. Now I look only for the good, knowing that the weaknesses will diminish […]
November 22, 2025
Arts-Based Mentoring Trumps Standards-Based Education Imposed knowledge never becomes real knowledge; that can only come from within. Arts-based mentoring empowers students to learn creatively, from the […]
