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School Counselor of the Year Reflects on What Students and Teachers Lost and Gained in 2022

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My days involve a combination of classroom counseling, meeting students in small groups and one-on-one sessions and consulting with staff and caregivers. Education and government leaders are talking about mental health and well-being more directly. In 2021, U.S.

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What’s Driving the Change in Student-to-Counselor Ratios in Schools?

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And since today’s school counselors work with all students in a school — through classroom instruction, small group, individual counseling and individual consultation — having those smaller ratios gives school counselors an opportunity to deliver information and curricula and … to address gaps around opportunity, equity and access.

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As Schools Turn to Tech for Mental Health Support, the Best Solution Might Be More Analog

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Some edtech companies are turning their efforts to mental health, and mental health tech is turning its attention to students. One challenge that students face as they advance through grades is that, as they get older, they get less individualized attention from adults at school, she explains.

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Making the College Admissions Process Work for All Students

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School counselors are not only an important influence in the lives of students, but research shows that students attending schools with lower counselor-to-student ratios were more engaged in higher-quality college counseling learning decisions, and in turn made more informed college decisions.

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Why ‘Brain Rot’ Can Hurt Learning — and How One District Is Kicking It Out of School

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Educators have talked for years about students shortening attention spans and how kids struggle to follow the most basic of instructions. Its creators, he tells me, want to grab attention and rack up views quickly so they get free stuff. Guillermo stresses to me that he is not a fan of brain rot videos.

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Behind the Story: Healing the Youngest Victims of the Opioid Crisis

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And it helps them work through those experiences through one-on-one counseling services, a targeted social-emotional learning curriculum, and small class sizes. And that goes a long way because if one child is throwing toys or acting out, then that diverts one of the teacher’s attention and the other two are able to work with the other kids.

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37 predictions about edtech’s impact in 2023

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Educational technology solutions that are engaging, effective, and easy-to-use for students, teachers, and chief academic officers will continue to play a crucial role in the year ahead. Ultimately, what matters is what works for improving achievement. –Diane Myers, Ph.

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