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ASCA
School counselors are advocates for the equitable treatment of all students in school and in the community. School counselors must be prepared to talk to students about race issues and anti-racism. Get resources. The ASCA board and staff understand the gravity of the current climate and have issued this statement.
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NYSSCA
Registration, Call for Programs and other details available now!!
NYSUT
There are two teachers on Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Reimagine Education Advisory Council. They are both NYS Master Teachers. Dr. Stephanie Conklin is a high school math teacher at South Colonie CSD, the LEA for Greater Capital Region Teacher Center. Martin Palermo is a chemistry teacher at William Floyd School District, home of the William Floyd Teacher Center on Long Island. Together, they have created a survey for teachers, school counselors, parents, administrators and other school personnel that they plan to use to inform the work of the Reimagine Education Advisory Council. The survey is quick and easy to complete, check it out. Please share this survey with your respective constituencies.
NYSSCA
Check out our website for updates and future zoom meetings. Click on the graphic for the latest updates. Recordings from our Innovation through Collaboration school counselor support meetings and our In-School to Distance Learning Level Meetings are available on this webpage.
Education Week
Protests against police brutality have erupted across the country over the past three days, leading to tough classroom conversations about race, racism and police violence. Teachers, already struggling to reach students during the coronavirus pandemic, are now searching for ways to help them work through their feelings about the protests and the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and other unarmed African-American men and women — without being with their students in person.
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Chalkbeat
As protests across the country force a reckoning over police violence and city police crack down on local demonstrators, advocates are ratcheting up calls for New York City schools to sever ties with the police department. The New York Police Department stations thousands of safety officers in city schools, an arrangement that has been in place since 1998. But after the recent killing of George Floyd, who died last week after a Minneapolis police officer leaned on his neck for nearly nine minutes, calls have grown across the country to rethink the role of police in schools.
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We Are Teachers
Creating your first resume can be an intimidating task when you're a teenager. Maybe you've never had a job and with the current condition of the world, prospects for summer employment aren't looking great. Internships, camps and other resume builders may also be in short supply. That's why we asked our friends at Deloitte to share some of their high school resume tips to help students prepare for future career and college opportunities.
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Education Week
Quick quiz: What share of black students graduate high school? By the most recent count, 4 out of 5 black students graduate in four years with a regular diploma, according to federal figures. But after watching coverage of test scores focused on racial achievement gaps between black and white students, people tend to think black students' graduation rates are much lower.
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By Brian Stack (commentary)
 As our nation prepares to enter a third month of altered operations as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, an alarming reality is starting to give rise amongst policymakers, educators, and parents alike: When it comes to equity, many schools and school systems may in fact be worse off than they may have originally thought, and it will get worse before it gets better.
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The Associated Press
The company that administers the SAT college entrance exam is scrapping plans to provide a home version of the test this year, saying it can't guarantee all students would have access to the needed technology. The College Board announced that it's pausing plans for the remote exam but still hopes to make it possible in the future. Offering the test at home would have required three hours of uninterrupted internet access, the company said. Officials in April said they were creating a home exam in case schools remained closed into the fall because of the coronavirus pandemic. Instead of offering the test on paper under a proctor's supervision, the company said it would rely on "remote proctoring" using the computer's camera and microphone.
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The Brookings Institution
Knowledge of financial aid — or lack thereof — is one of many hurdles high school students face in successfully pursuing postsecondary education. Perhaps the most important gateway for students to access financial aid is the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, the federal form required to receive Pell grants and student loans. In addition to federal aid, most states require the FAFSA to determine eligibility for state financial-aid programs, and many institutions ask students to file to receive institutional grants and scholarships.
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The Associated Press
These are children of the global pandemic. In the far-north Canadian town of Iqaluit, one boy has been glued to the news to learn everything he can about the coronavirus. A girl in Australia sees a vibrant future, tinged with sadness for the lives lost. A Rwandan boy is afraid the military will violently crack down on its citizens when his country lifts the lockdown. There is melancholy and boredom, and a lot of worrying, especially about parents working amid the disease, grandparents suddenly cut off from weekend visits, friends seen only on a video screen.
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District Administration Magazine
Students might not be receiving quality career technical education during school closures, which would negatively impact their college and career readiness upon graduation. K-12 leaders therefore need to gather data that will identify which students and programs need more support.
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The New York Times
Carly Ross, an 11th-grader at Evanston Township High School outside of Chicago, had planned to take the ACT for the first time in April after completing a 10-week prep course over the winter. When the April test date was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic, she signed up for one in June. Recently, the ACT canceled the June administration at two-thirds of testing locations nationwide, including at Carly's school. She's holding out hope to take the test in July.
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EdSurge
The necessary and rapid move to distance learning in response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been disabling for our education system. All teachers and students are currently experiencing challenges with accessibility, the promotion of emotional and physical wellness, and academic progress — issues that the special education community knows all too well.
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THE Journal
More than nine in 10 teachers (94%) shifted to remote teaching in response to school closures. While most of those teachers that haven't transitioned to online teaching (another 4%) intended to do so, among the tiny share that haven't and won't, the primary reasons they gave were tied to lack of access to technology and lack of support at home for their students. More than half in that position (55%) said they were handing out paper materials to parents for students to use at home.
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Education DIVE
When Whitney Weathers' son came home with a pretend gun in his hand after a playdate with a white friend, clueless to the George Floyd murder and protests, Weathers immediately said to him, "Oh black boy, you do not get to pretend that you have a gun in your hand." Her son, 9 years old, already knew why. "It's because people will kill me," he told his mother, adding, "Mom, I don't know why they don't like us."
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