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How our district turned a sea of data into a compass for change

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My role includes oversight of programs ranging from school counseling to English learning to technology, as well as curriculum implementation, instruction and assessment programming, and alignment with federal, state, and local resources. The inundation of disjointed data hit me particularly hard.

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

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The senior at Washington state’s Toppenish High School first considered the career after he joined a STEM group in middle school. Some students get funneled to the military pathway, despite having no aspirations to serve, because the aptitude test is easier to pass. Washington is not alone.

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71 Undeniably Great Debate Topics for High School

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Fun Debate Topics Persuasive Speaking Activity Middle School, High School By Lindsay Ann Learning Grades: 6th-9th Subjects: English Language Arts, Speaking & Listening Standards: CCSS SL.9-10.4, Should school require you to earn volunteer hours? Is it ever okay to cheat on a test?

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

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As a school counselor, I spend my days serving 835 middle school students in a rural district in Livingston, California. My days involve a combination of classroom counseling, meeting students in small groups and one-on-one sessions and consulting with staff and caregivers.

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

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On the opposite end of the Lone Star State in the Dallas suburb of Irving, Principal Anabel Ibarra likewise developed a plan for culture change at Bowie Middle School. Like Cole-Ochoa’s approach, her school has fun initiatives like glow dance parties for students who meet their academic improvement goals.

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This District Helps Young Kids Identify Their Interests — and Ideal Careers

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In high school, he reasoned, students might take vocational training courses, intern at local businesses or meet with guidance counselors to discuss their future. It also helps that kids are most excited about school when they’re young. But it rarely starts any younger.

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

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Jill Cook: So today's school counselor works with all students in a school around academic, career and social-emotional development, as opposed to the guidance counselor of old that many of us may have had experience with that perhaps just worked on the college admissions process at a high school or on disciplinary issues.