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NYSSCA
Call for programs, exhibitor registration, attendee registration is now open. Click here for more information.
NYSSCA
To help future school counselors fulfill their educational goals, the New York State School Counselor Association awards scholarships to graduate students each year who are currently enrolled in a New York State accredited master's-level school counseling program.
Scholarships are awarded based on students' academic achievement, contributions to the field and commitment to the implementation of the ASCA/NYSSCA Comprehensive Model of School Counseling as amended School Counseling Regulations go into effect. The New York State School Counselor Association supports school counselors' efforts to help students focus on academic, social/emotional and career development so they achieve success in school and are prepared to lead fulfilling lives as responsible members of society. NYSSCA provides professional development, publications, research and advocacy to professional school counselors in New York State.
NYSSCA will award three $1000 scholarships
Graduate Scholarship Contact Person:
Kristen Shearer, Committee Chair, pastpresident@nyssca.org
Deadline for Submission: May 18
More information and the online application for the 2019 Graduate Student Scholarship is available here.
NYSUT
You are invited to the NYSUT 2019 Professional Issues Forum on Health Care to be held on Saturday, April 13 at NYSUT Headquarters, 800 Troy-Schenectady Road, Latham, New York 12110.
This conference is designed for NYSUT represented nurses, psychologists, school counselors and guidance counselors, clinical instructors, pharmacists and therapists who work in public and private sector schools, hospitals, universities, visiting nurse associations and residential and day treatment facilities.
In recognition of many years of advocacy and activism, you have an opportunity to strengthen your professional skills, enhance your practice and network with other health care professionals who perform similar work.
We encourage local presidents to support member participation in this important conference.
Click here to learn more and register online. Registration Extended to April 3.
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MHANYS
Healthy Minds, Healthy Schools: Mental Health Education Summits are being held across NYS in several locations from 9:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and will include:
Mental Health Education & Current School Initiatives
Amy Molloy, Project Director, will explore Mental Health Education in the context of current and emerging school initiatives, such as Trauma-Informed Schools, Social-Emotional Learning, Restorative Practices, and a Comprehensive School Counseling Program.
Panel Discussion: Sharing Ideas and Strategies from the Field Local educators, administrators and other school staff will share innovative strategies for implementing mental health education and promoting a culture/climate of mental wellness.
Youth Advocate Speaker
Tabletop Activities: What is my role? What do I do next?
Dates and Locations: Capital District — April 10; North Country — April 30
Click here to register.
The New York Times
High school counselors are often students' biggest advocates, whether guiding teenagers through depression or the stress of SAT tests and college essays. But in the federal investigation of corrupt admissions practices unveiled last week, some were seen as obstacles to be pushed aside. The FBI affidavit revealed how wealthy parents and William Singer, a private admissions consultant, lied to counselors about why students planned to take the SAT and ACT in far-flung locations, where bribed proctors would correct their answers.
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The Root
Guided by a coalition of 40 New York City social justice organizations, dozens of students, parents and advocates converged on New York's City Hall to protest Mayor Bill de Blasio's proposed increase to the NYPD's School Safety Division budget, saying those millions would be better used on student social supports and services.
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EdSurge (commentary)
Amanda Novak, a contributor for EdSurge, writes: "It's 7:30 a.m. on a Monday morning. I welcome students into the building with an optimistic smile on my face while teachers give an endless supply of high fives, and students yawn and find a corner to sit with their friends. The bell rings and I head to make my coffee, eager to hunker down and prioritize my tasks for the week. Before I make it to the coffee pot, I hear my name over the walkie talkie and off I go — without caffeine. A student needs me, and so it begins. By the time I return, two students are waiting outside my office and I've got two notes on my door. Before I know it, it's Thursday afternoon and I've done little more than triage."
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PBS Newshour
Outrage has swirled since federal prosecutors charged 50 people, including CEOs and high-profile celebrities, in an intricate scheme to secure college admission for their children through extensive cheating and bribery. High school students share their perspectives on the scandal and broader inequalities in education, and John Yang talks to Jayne Fonash, an independent college consultant.
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EdScoop
As schools increasingly prioritize the physical security of their campuses and proactively identify at-risk students online, administrators have increasingly used emerging technologies like facial recognition and police-integrated social media databases. But if K-12 schools are trying to ensure the safety their students, said American Civil Liberties Union senior counsel Chad Marlow, then they must also examine whether these surveillance technologies are also impeding First Amendment rights.
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By: Patrick Gleeson (commentary)
 It's no secret that the current administration's highest funding priorities don't include the Department of Education. President Donald Trump signaled as much in choosing Betsy DeVos to head the department. Her views on public schools were well-known long before her appointment and are summarized in her 2015 comment that public schools are "a dead end." For those who feel public schools are worth saving, the department's announcement earlier in March that it was further slashing the education budget after two years of earlier cuts was troubling. The department proposed eliminating 29 programs, by far the largest being the 21st Century Learning Centers that operate in high-poverty areas.
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Education Week
Middle and high schools often favor setting aside a block in students' schedules for something a little less structured — and a lot less academic — than a traditional class period. The reoccuring blocks — often called advisories — are adopted as a way to strengthen relationships and help students weather the challenges that may keep them from succeeding academically, including a lack of routines, social isolation, and out-of-school issues that can bleed into the school day.
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District Administration Magazine
In Tempe, Arizona, the phone number for a suicide hotline is printed on every student's ID badge, teachers are trained to spot and respond to mental health warning signs in students, and administrators don't use euphemisms when discussing the topic. "We can't tiptoe around the word 'suicide' by saying someone 'took their life' — it's death by suicide, and we have to call it what it is, as harsh as it sounds," says Kevin Mendivil, superintendent of the Tempe Union High School District. "It resonates when it's verbalized by a caring adult because it's what's going on in kids' heads."
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West Virginia University via Science Daily
When their family members struggle with substance use disorders, children bring experiences of neglect, trauma and often, mental health issues into the classroom, creating challenging environments for their teachers. Researchers at West Virginia University have evaluated the impact of the opioid crisis in classrooms across the Mountain State through a survey of 2,205 teachers in 49 counties.
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By: Michelle R. Matisons (commentary)
 Everyone seems to have a solution for safer public schools, but whose vision will guide the sweeping changes required for real school security? Last fall, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, who also chairs the Federal Commission on School Safety, claimed she does not automatically favor federally mandated teacher weapons training. Instead, she describes the arming of classroom teachers as a "personal choice" for individual schools districts. Let's be clear here: armed teachers are not exactly new. But the national climate requires more school districts to tackle the issue of safety head-on.
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THE Journal
While investments in elementary and secondary education has quadrupled from 1960 to 2015, the persistent student achievement gap between the haves and have-nots has remained, according to new study by Stanford University and Harvard University researchers in the journal Education Next. There have been steady gains in student achievement up to the eighth-grade level, but the gains don't translate into success at the end of high school.
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The 74
Seth Reichelson has been teaching Advanced Placement Computer Science Principles at Lake Brantley High School in Orlando, Florida, for three years, and he's still surprised by the ingenuity the course brings out in his students. "I love seeing what my students design and implement," he says of the nation's fastest-growing AP class. Introduced three years ago, AP Computer Science Principles takes a much more creative, hands-on approach than the AP's old standby, Computer Science A — with the goal of appealing to a far more diverse array of students.
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District Administration Magazine
At least one in five students with ADHD do not receive school services despite experiencing significant academic and social impairment, according to a recent study. Middle and high school students with ADHD generally receive fewer support services (other than Section 504 educational support plans) than do elementary school students. Students from non-English speaking families and low socioeconomic backgrounds struggle to get any support services at all, the study also reveals.
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THE Journal
Many students who live in rural areas believe that lack of access to high-speed internet is holding them back. According to results from a pair of surveys of students who took the national ACT test last year, rural students were 10 percentage points less likely than non-rural students to call their home internet "great" and almost twice as likely to consider their broadband access "unpredictable" (16 percent versus 9 percent). They were also more likely to have access to only a single device at home (24 percent versus 11 percent). Rural students make up almost one in five K-12 students in the United States.
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HealthDay News
Young Americans may be more vulnerable to depression, distress and suicidal thoughts or attempts than their parents' generation, and social media might be fueling that troubling trend. So claims a review of a decade's worth of data on roughly 200,000 teens between the ages of 12 and 17, and 400,000 young adults over 18. Investigators found that beginning in the mid-2000s, those under the age of 26 started reporting a huge rise in symptoms related to all three mental health problems. The spikes ranged from about 55 to 70 percent. No such jump was seen among adults over the age of 26.
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The Hechinger Report
The longer students attend Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School, the better they do. Many enter in sixth grade performing years behind grade level. By the end of middle school, though, they're doing better than their peers in District 13. And that's despite the fact that nearly 30 percent of Brooklyn Lab's students have disabilities that qualify them for special education services – double the portion of students in District 13 who do.
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THE Journal
Leadership in the House Science, Space and Technology Committee is putting its support behind a bipartisan Senate effort to boost research in STEM education initiatives for young children under the Building Blocks of STEM Act legislation. The new bill directs the National Science Foundation to equitably distribute funding for early childhood education in its Discovery Research Pre-K-12 program. This program seeks to improve the learning and teaching of STEM in the classroom.
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Education DIVE
Little research on absenteeism, the researchers write, has "examined the association between how students get to school and whether they get to school." But in Baltimore, the study says, 90 percent of high school students attend a school that is more than 1.5 miles from where they live, which qualifies them to receive a bus pass for the Maryland Transit Administration system. Other metropolitan areas, such as Chicago, New York, Denver and San Francisco, have also eliminated pupil transportation for some proportion of their student population, in part to save money but also because of the "logistical challenges" of school choice policies "that detach school enrollment from residential location," the authors write.
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University of Córdoba via Science Daily
Bullying is a harmful antisocial behavior present in schools all over the world. Involvement in bullying, as either perpetrators or victims, have serious short-term and long-term consequences for all the members of the school community, family and society in general, causing future problems related to depression and difficulty with social relationships. Moreover, studies on bullying link it to drug use and even offending.
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BU Today
Do your homework. If only it were that simple. Educators have debated the merits of homework since the late 19th century. In recent years, amid concerns of some parents and teachers that children are being stressed out by too much homework, things have only gotten more fraught.
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NPR
Two afternoons a week, Mikala Tardy walks six blocks from Eastern High School to Payne Elementary School, not far from Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. She signs in at the front desk just after 3:30 p.m. and makes her way to a classroom, where she'll be tutoring second- and third-graders who are full of energy after the school day. Today, Mikala and three students work through an exercise about communities and the building blocks that create them. They learn how to spell people and playground — two essential components of any community, they decide.
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