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Many states picked diploma pathways over high school exit exams. Did students benefit?

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In Washington state’s final year of the exit exam, around 1 in 10 high school seniors didn’t pass the English language arts portion, and 1 in 5 didn’t pass the math test, the Seattle Times reported. She gravitated toward psychology and now plans to get a master’s in counseling and become a mental health worker. Now over 89% do.

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LearnWell Acquires Comprehensive Counseling

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LearnWell, a leading mental health services company in K-12 education, announced it has expanded its services through an agreement with Comprehensive Counseling LCSWs, a New York-based counseling practice. Comprehensive Counseling is a community-based mental health private practice with offices in Queens, Long Island and the Bronx.

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3 tips to combat chronic absenteeism in high schools

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One crucial way to do this is to ensure that all communications can be shared in a family’s home language. It’s also crucial to communicate about available support resources like counseling. Ensure that communications are culturally responsive and inclusive, acknowledging and celebrating the diversity within the school community.

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3 ways telepractice helps combat burnout in special education

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Some of the hardest hit are students with unique needs that require services from qualified professionals, such as speech-language pathologists, sign-language interpreters, teachers for the vision and hearing impaired and special education teachers. Burnout is one of the leading causes of workforce shortages in U.S.

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Virtual ed leaders launch Global Personalized Academics

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The design of the program emphasizes a personalized student-centered education curriculum in language arts, college prep and Advanced Placement courses along with leadership and entrepreneurial learning experiences. Next page: More details about the new company’s goals.

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

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Evercore served as financial advisor and Latham & Watkins LLP served as legal counsel to IXL Learning. Choate, Hall and Stewart LLP served as legal counsel to Teachers Pay Teachers. By joining TPT and IXL Learning, we will multiply what we can deliver for teachers in the years to come.”

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For These Native American Girls, Coding Became the Language to Discuss Mental Health

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On each web page, the girls explain what the condition is, what is known about it and resources available to help—whether they be 24/7 hotlines, meditation apps or counseling services. “I We’re hoping now that they’re exposed to a new language they’ll be able to utilize it and capitalize on it more.”.