June 2, 2025 • 13 mins
BIIE 226: Mentorship for K-12 Students with Jermaine Myrie
This week, Ryan sits with Jermaine Myrie, the CEO of MENTOR, a national nonprofit that focuses on fueling high-quality relationship-centered practices for young people and uniting, expanding, and strengthening the mentoring movement. They discuss examples of effective K-12 mentorship, impacts on student outcomes, internal and external mentors, school involvement, MENTOR celebrating its 35th anniversary, and lots more. Tune in!
You can find out more about our guest by visiting mentoring.org
Don’t just listen, join the conversation! Tweet us at @AcademicaMedia or with the hashtag #BigIdeasInEducation with questions or new topics you want to see discussed.
Host: Ryan Kairalla (@ryankair)
Producer: Laura Blanco
This week, Ryan sits with Jermaine Myrie, the CEO of MENTOR, a national nonprofit that focuses on fueling high-quality relationship-centered practices for young people and uniting, expanding, and strengthening the mentoring movement. They discuss examples of effective K-12 mentorship, impacts on student outcomes, internal and external mentors, school involvement, MENTOR celebrating its 35th anniversary, and lots more. Tune in!
You can find out more about our guest by visiting mentoring.org
Don’t just listen, join the conversation! Tweet us at @AcademicaMedia or with the hashtag #BigIdeasInEducation with questions or new topics you want to see discussed.
Host: Ryan Kairalla (@ryankair)
Producer: Laura Blanco
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