Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Effective mentoring, involving mutual respect and collaboration, requires availability, capability, activity, and proximity. Mentorship fosters trust, goal-setting, and understanding between mentor and mentee. The author, an experienced mentor, describes mentoring Eboni Bango, whose work focuses on early education access. She addressed the U.S. childcare crisis, exacerbated by high costs, insufficient subsidies, and post-COVID daycare shortages. The article advocates for enhanced funding and policies to ensure quality, affordable child care, which is crucial for closing the opportunity gap and fostering equity.
DOI: 10.70144/dd010102ii
Author: Donna Druery
Institution: Texas A&M University
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4401555403