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What makes classroom mentoring such a valuable support for challenged students?
 We've all heard (or said) "I'm not good at math" or "I get stressed out by math". Such math anxiety is a key factor affecting math understanding and competency in perhaps 20-25% of students nationally. It can manifest as stress, fear or depression but also create physical responses such as increased heart rate, sweating, headaches, or stomachaches. It can even affect cognitive ability.
 We are celebrating by recognizing four Black educators that made a difference to their communities and to American education.
This week for National Mentoring Month, Oakland Serves mentor Andraus talked with our Program Coordinator, June Pangelinan. Andraus supports OUSD's academic recovery classes in history and Spanish.
For National Mentoring Month we asked our mentors to tell us about mentoring. Mentor Nick, a mentor at Castlemont High School, talked with our board member Sue Wollowitz. You can watch the video here. Below are excerpts from the interview that have been edited only for readability.  |
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