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NYSSCA
The New York State School Counselor Association Fall Conference (NYSSCA Fall 2019) is now less than three weeks away, being held November 22-23 at the Honor's Haven Resort and Conference Center. This will be a great professional development opportunity, and give you a chance to network with other school counselors from across the state. So, register today!
Please watch this short video by NYSSCA encouraging you to join us for this wonderful event!
NYSSCA
The NYSSCA Edge magazine is looking for articles for the next edition! The theme of the NYSSCA Edge is "Best Practices". NYSSCA believes that our profession is enhanced when school counselors are directly involved in documenting and sharing their professional experiences.
How have you and your school counseling program implemented best practices to better help your students?
Do you have a program activity shown to be effective with your students?
Submitting to The NYSSCA Edge is easy! The submission form is online here.
If you have questions or need help outlining or conceptualizing your "Best Practice" ideas, please contact the editor: EDGE@NYSSCA.org.
Thank you, we look forward to your submissions.
Charles C. Edwards, Ph.D. NCC, NCSC
Edge Editor
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AFT
The Fall 2019 issue of American Educator focuses on the issues of race, ethnicity, and identity, and how we can combat bias in our schools. Whether confronting intolerance or encouraging inclusion, teachers and the role they play in schools are more critical than ever. Given the rise in racist, anti-immigrant, and hateful rhetoric infecting the public discourse, classroom conversations on responding to prejudice and protecting our democracy are of the utmost importance.
NBCC's The Professional Counselor
A child abuse reporting framework for school counselors.
You can view the journal issue here.
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NetSupport DNA provides educators, technicians, and counselors with dedicated solutions to manage all classroom devices and school-wide IT assets while creating a safe learning environment. Powerful eSafety features help support counselors by identifying and protecting vulnerable students via internet metering, keyword/phrase monitoring, webcam controls, and report a concern features.
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Education DIVE
Nudges from counselors increase a high school senior's rate of completing college financial aid applications by 17%, and those students are 8% more likely to enroll in college than peers who do not receive such messages, according to a study published in the journal Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis.
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Edutopia (commentary)
Jessica Cabeen, a contributor for Edutopia, writes: "In working with children and families, we'll all encounter what I call 'ouch moments' — a phone message with a parent's complaint about an interaction gone wrong, for example, or a social post taken out of context. The ouch can take the form of an email in 60-point font, bold, capitalized, and underlined; or a post on social media painting you or your school in a less-than-positive light."
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eSchool News
Students are constantly reminded about the importance of preparing for college and career, but the responsibility is a shared one. Educators and parents play a large role in ensuring that students are equipped with the proper skillset and knowledge to navigate life post-high school, and are motivated to succeed.
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By: Julie Anne Wells (commentary)
 According to the National Bullying Prevention Center, at least one out of every five students reports being bullied. StopBullying.gov, a website run by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, reports a frequency as high as one out of every three students. Studies also show that 30% of students admitted to bullying others, and 70% of students said they had witnessed bullying. While searching for a solution to bullying is not simple, there are some tactics educators can use to combat it. Here are eight tips for preventing bullying in the classroom.
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District Administration Magazine
Building successful partnerships with parents does not happen overnight or by accident. Start off on the right foot by training Section 504 coordinators and school staff to facilitate productive team meetings, build trust with parents and address common disagreements that can arise in Section 504. To assist with that training, LRP Media Group, a recognized leader in the special education publishing industry, is announcing the release of Facilitating Section 504 Meetings Through Building Collaborative Parent-School Partnerships.
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USA Today
Nearly 1 million low-income students would lose automatic access to free school lunches under a proposal from President Donald Trump's administration that aims to limit the number of people receiving federal food stamps. And advocates say even more could lose free meals as the implications of the cuts ripple across low-income schools. But the Trump administration says those concerns are overblown. The administration is working to trim the cost of food assistance programs and close what it views as "loopholes" regarding who qualifies for them.
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The New York Times
America's fourth and eighth graders are losing ground in their ability to read literature and academic texts, according to a rigorous national assessment released Wednesday that is likely to fuel concerns over student achievement after decades of tumult on the educational landscape.
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USA Today
American students are struggling with reading. And the country's education system hasn't found a way to make it better. In fact, fourth and eighth grade reading scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress essentially haven't budged in 10 years. That's causing some alarm, considering the number of reforms aimed at American schools over the past decade: stronger academic standards, more tests, stricter teacher evaluations and laws that discourage schools from promoting third-graders if they can't read proficiently, to name a few.
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Gallup
Creativity in the classroom goes hand in hand with exceptional student learning, according to a new Gallup study examining U.S. education. Specifically, K-12 teachers who frequently make assignments that require students to think creatively are much more likely than other teachers to observe higher-order cognitive skills in their students.
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The Associated Press
The number of young Americans watching online videos every day has more than doubled, according to survey findings. They're glued to them for nearly an hour a day, twice as long as they were four years ago. And often, the survey found, they're seeing the videos on services such as YouTube that are supposedly off limits to children younger than age 13. "It really is the air they breathe," said Michael Robb, senior director of research for Common Sense Media, the nonprofit organization that issued the report. The group tracks young people's tech habits and offers guidance for parents.
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THE Journal
Professional development for improving teacher effectiveness has residual benefits that last for decades. A project that took place from 2013 to 2017 to provide "high-intensity mentor support" for new teachers in a large urban district appeared to have three major outcomes.
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By: Sheilamary Koch (commentary)
 Daniel was feeling anxious before an exam at school, but he paused and used the three breaths technique to get centered and settle his nerves before starting. When he got his test results, he seemed surprised — he'd expected a D or C but got a B — simply from being more grounded and calmer, shared Daniel's instructor, mindfulness and emotional intelligence coach Janet Fouts. New evidence from two recent studies strengthens the argument in favor of mindfulness practice for young people. While earlier research has shown that mindfulness training has a positive effect on the adult brain, its impact on young developing brains was unknown — until now.
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The New York Times
In a typical week, Adrienne Vaccarezza-Isla, a school counselor in Chicago, might help a dozen eighth graders apply to high schools across the city. Or try to convince a mother that her daughter, who had seen her get shot years earlier, should join a group for students dealing with trauma. Or work with sixth and seventh graders on time management.
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Education Week
One of the prominent elements of the Every Student Succeeds Act is the ability for states to set their own long-term goals for academic achievement, graduation rates, and English language proficiency. It marks a significant departure from the adequate yearly progress demands of ESSA's predecessor, the No Child Left Behind Act. But what if states aren't on track to meet those goals? According to the law, the goals based on graduation rates and student achievement on state exams must be "ambitious" although the law does not spell out exactly what that word means.
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MiddleWeb
"ELLs are probably the most tested students in our educational system," Wayne Wright. Let that sink in. Yet one of the biggest challenges teachers of English learners face is effectively grading and assessing our students. A primary goal of assessing is to find out what our students know and understand, but it can be difficult to find out what students know and understand if language is a barrier.
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Los Angeles Times
Most experts agree that sweet flavors like cotton candy and mango help entice teens to try their first-ever puff on an electronic cigarette. But what keeps them coming back? Flavors appear to play a role in that too, according to a new study of Los Angeles high school students. Those who vaped with flavors other than tobacco and menthol were more likely to maintain their habit over the long term — and they took more puffs each time they reached for their device.
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