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School Counselors Support Equity & Access for all NY Students
Rochester Democrat & Chronicle (11/15/2020)
COVID-19 has ripped back the "curtain of disparity" in schools and revealed the overwhelming magnitude of inequitable access to many educational services, from access to broadband internet and internet-compatible devices to the wide variation and quality of online teaching platforms that are all contingent on the financial resources of the local school district. Students attending better-funded school districts are more likely to have access to highly qualified teaching staff, smaller class sizes, better maintained school buildings, as well as access to Advanced Placement (AP), International Baccalaureate Program (IB), dual enrollment or early college course programs.
The New York State School Counselor Association (NYSSCA) strongly supports the work of the New York State Education Department (NYSED), which has been collecting data from school districts regarding AP & IB enrollment and student outcomes. This data is currently available to the public on the School Report Card site for each high school. They found inequities in enrollment in these courses including more girls than boys, differences among race and ethnicity groups, low-income students, English Language Learners and students with disabilities.
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.AROUND THE INDUSTRY
More school counselors needed to boost students' future
Boston Herald
A new consensus report from the National Academies recommends "universal, holistic, multicomponent programs" as critical for supporting children's health. This is a problem because few people understand what multicomponent programs are. School counselors understand, but they are understaffed in schools across America. Schools need to hire more school counselors now.
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Children's mental health emergencies skyrocketed after COVID-19 hit. What schools can do
Education Week
New federal data confirms what teachers and parents have been worrying about for months: The pandemic is taking a striking toll on children's mental health. New data from the Centers for Disease Control show the proportion of emergency department visits related to mental health crises has increased dramatically for young children and adolescents since the pandemic started.
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Surveys show things are better for students than they were in the spring — Or do they?
The Brookings Institution
With the fall semester two or three months underway in most states in the U.S., everyone is wondering: After the COVID-19 pandemic forced a nationwide school shutdown, are schools doing better now than they were in the spring? With virtually all schools across the nation closed by April and scrambling to transition to online learning with no preparation, the spring was "not pretty."
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Will the pandemic affect student test scores?
Tri-County Times
Schooling and education are undeniably different this year, including this past spring, as districts were forced to adapt to safety measures due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Schools are open, but many students are learning fully virtually from home, and teachers have more challenges this year.
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How schools are preparing for the perfect storm of holiday travel and COVID-19
Education Week
Rapidly rising coronavirus cases nationwide and upcoming holiday travel plans could be the perfect storm to trigger COVID-19 spikes among students and teachers. That possibility is putting principals, school district leaders and state officials in the difficult spot of telling families what they should do during the holidays, but without the power to enforce that guidance.
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3 ways K-12 schools can evolve post-pandemic
Education DIVE
The pandemic-driven upheaval of the K-12 education system is doing something many say has been nearly impossible — opening a door for significant reforms that would disrupt decades or century-old practices and rituals. And even though school administrators are in the midst of responding to the immediate health crisis, they are setting aside time to discuss long-term planning for how post-pandemic schools could be even better than before the health crisis.
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What research shows about screen time for students
Tech & Learning
As we are entering the last phase of this tumultuous year of 2020 there are few topics more pressing in the mind of parents and teachers than screen time. In July, Pew Research released a report on Parenting Children in the Age of Screens, and it showed that 71% of parents of children 12 and under are concerned about the effects of screen time.
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Kids with food allergies can become targets for bullies
HealthDay News
As if having food allergies isn't hard enough on a child, new research shows that almost 1 in 5 of these kids are bullied. The bullying didn't stop at the schoolyard. A similar percentage of parents said they had been teased about their concern for their child's food allergies. "I think this is an underreported problem because a lot of kids don't report being bullied. I think bullying is something that allergists should start screening kids for," said study author Dannielle Brown, a second-year medical student at Loyola University School of Medicine in Chicago.
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K-12 parents support canceling standardized testing this Spring. That might not be a good idea
The 74
In the before-times, one of the hallmarks of spring for parents, students and teachers was the ramp-up toward federally mandated standardized tests. COVID-19 had something to say about that last school year, and in mid-March, the U.S. Department of Education granted states a blanket exemption from standardized testing. With students learning from home and no return to school in sight, it took less than two weeks for all 50 states to take the federal government up on its offer.
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How SEL and achievement lead to academic equity
eSchool News
As schools reckon with academic equity, they're often focused on academic progress. During the edWebinar Leading for Equity: Academic Development Through an Equity Lens, hosted by AASA, The Superintendents Association and AASA's Leadership Network, the presenters talked about the important role social-emotional learning plays in the process. In fact, they argued that schools must connect academic equity with SEL if they're going to reach their goal of serving all students.
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How assistive technology is supporting students through the pandemic
EdTech Magazine
Adjusting to a rigorous curriculum, learning new skills and understanding the nuances of classroom learning are just a few of the many pressures students face. For students with learning disabilities such as dyslexia and related language processing difficulties, these struggles are amplified even in the most ideal learning environments.
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Helping students overcome 'social media speak'
eSchool News
These days, it seems my students can't let a minute go by without checking TikTok and Instagram or responding to their friend's latest post on Snapchat. Teens' widespread access to smartphones for the last decade has fed this fascination with social media and texting. According to Pew Research, 95% of teenagers have access to a smartphone, and 45% admit to being online "almost constantly."
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25 wonderful ways to make school hallways positive and inspiring
We Are Teachers
Kids spend more time in school hallways than you might think. These awesome ideas give them something motivating and fun to look at while they're changing classes or rooting around in their lockers. Pro tip? Give students a sense of ownership by inviting them to participate in the painting or decorating!
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