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Teacher-Mentors Boost Teens' Chances at College

Caption: Denise Daniels, a math teacher at Spanish Fork High School in Utah, mentors a student during an after-school math lab. A new Brigham Young University study shows teacher-mentors greatly increase students' chances of going to college.

Credit: Mark Philbrick/BYU

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