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How a Culture of Caring Is Helping These Schools Improve Student Mental Health

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Others are applied more broadly, like mentorship programs or culturally responsive curriculum. Culture Change When Cole-Ochoa was assigned to the junior high campus more than two years ago, it was with the directive to turn around its academic performance. I always think of it as Maslow's.

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How Schools Can Build a Culture of Support for Educator Mental Health

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As workplaces, schools can intentionally structure systems and provide resources that decrease some of these barriers, such as addressing the scarcity of dedicated services and supporting educators through convoluted insurance hurdles that make it even harder to seek professional help.

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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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SchoolStatus Selects 2024-25 Customer Advisory Board 

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At SchoolStatus, we firmly believe that educators’ voices must be central in shaping education technology. Members of the CAB were selected based on their deep knowledge of education technology, passion for improving learning outcomes, and success in supporting students’ academic achievements and families’ evolving needs.

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Why Summer Learning Programs Are Pushing More Fun Than Academics

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High schoolers, whose day ends at lunchtime, will have access to college preparation, job training and counseling. Her district is focused on fostering a “culture of fun,” which may look different for each kid. They’re also trying to craft culturally-responsive curricula. Does It Matter?

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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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Training Today’s Youth to Become Tomorrow's Mental Health Care Providers

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The discrepancy stems from systemic factors like economic inequality, as well as cultural ones. The California Department of Education has created resources for students who may need support, and has identified the lack of diverse providers as a problem the state needs to solve. Students will also work on capstone projects together.