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Are High School Counselors Encouraging AI for College Applications?

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It’s a common counseling technique. I’m not taking away the personal part, and I’m still using my tried-and-true counseling techniques and skills and enhancing what's already in mind with it,” Nelson, a school counselor in North Carolina, says. How Widespread Is This Use? There is not much data, if any, about that specific use.

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Students’ AI Chats Reveal Their Largest Stressors

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While social media, bullying and loneliness have long been flagged as top concerns among educators for their students, a new report shows the biggest concern for kids is balancing it all. The kicker: Students didn't share these concerns with adults in their lives.

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States Agree About How Schools Should Use AI. Are They Also Ignoring Civil Rights?

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Several years after the release of ChatGPT, which raised ethical concerns for education, schools are still wrestling with how to adopt artificial intelligence. It also ended the Office of Educational Technology, a key federal source of guidance for schools. So are states stepping up for schools?

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Why Trump’s Cuts to Mental Health Programs Could Hit Rural Schools Harder

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These are among the school mental health programs that could be on the chopping block thanks to Department of Education funding cuts. Ardrey, interim executive director at the National Rural Education Association. He points out that the timing of the Department of Educations decision puts districts in a difficult position.

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Trump's Executive Order on School Discipline Clashes With What Research Says Works

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The Trump administration took aim at another keystone in public education, this time looking to shake up how schools handle discipline. There's such compelling evidence in education research that racial discrimination contributes to racial disparities, Perera explains. Source: U.S. Public Schools." What Does the Data Say?

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IXL Learning Acquires Teachers Pay Teachers, the World’s Largest Platform for Educator-Created Content

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SAN MATEO, California and NEW YORK, New York — IXL Learning , developer of personalized learning products used by millions of people globally, announced that it has acquired TPT (otherwise known as Teachers Pay Teachers), which offers the world’s largest catalog of educator-created content and tools for digital instruction.

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Ringleader of Admissions Scam Also Ran a College Counseling Firm For Families in China

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higher education. Singer led a for-profit college counseling business called The Edge College & Career Network, LLC., Among Singer’s other ventures was a college counseling operation aimed at students in China applying to selective colleges in the U.S. Some parents paid millions of dollars for the services.