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Counselors Couldn’t Keep Up With Our Growing Mental Health Crisis, So Peers Stepped Up

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Even when I came on and there were two of us counseling, it wasn’t enough to support that many students. We needed to acknowledge the steep, and growing, demand for counseling services, and we had to create time and space for every student reaching out to receive support. Over time, we’ve seen this approach prove effective.

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The Unintentional Ways Schools Might Be Violating FERPA, and How They Can Stay Vigilant

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Steven McDonald, a FERPA expert and general counsel at the Rhode Island School of Design, thinks similarly. The teacher who saw the incident in-person can speak about it because FERPA is not a confidentiality law. Rooker explains that this is because what the principal read was an education record, which FERPA protects.

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Coronavirus FAQ: Everything Schools and Companies Need and Want to Know

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She offers a few lessons on positive online communication, which can be modified for different grade levels. The Power of Words (grade 3). Digital Drama Unplugged (grade 6). Connecting with Digital Audiences (grade 11). We Are Civil Communicators (grade 12). Finding My Media Balance (grade 5).

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Niche Raises $35 Million to Rival School Directory Review Sites

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The list is limited to schools with an overall Niche grade of B or higher and with at least half of its student population identifying as economically disadvantaged. Sally Rubenstone, a contributor to college admissions counseling website College Confidential and an admissions counselor for more than 15 years, said in an email that U.S

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Students As Customers? Salesforce Tailors CRM Tools for Schools

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Boston Day and Evening Academy , a Horace Mann charter high school in Boston serving students transferring from the traditional system, started looking for a database that could support its competency-based grading system around 2014. The system keeps logs confidential, and only creators and student support staff can see the information.