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As 2015 comes to a close, NYSSCA would like to wish its members, supporters, affiliates and other related professionals a safe and happy holiday season. As we reflect on the past year for our profession, we would like to provide the readers of NYSSCA Today a look at the most accessed articles this quarter. Our regular publication will resume Thursday, Jan. 7.
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The Hechinger Report
From Oct. 8:
High school students ought to manage their own time. But in the typical one-size-fits-all daily schedule known widely as "cells and bells," students migrate from class to class every 48 minutes. Borne of necessity, cells and bells homogenize education. Complacency is a risk when students have their time managed for them, as are both absenteeism and a lack of engagement. Having seniors in high school face the same type of schedule each day as that which defines a fifth-grader's day does not make developmental sense, nor offer the kind of preparation teens need for postsecondary education. The prevailing model does not fully develop the skills we know today’s students will need to have to be successful in the rapidly changing world they will enter.
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U.S. News University Connection
From May 28:
High school guidance counselors are facing challenging times, with changes in to the Scholastic Aptitude Test leaving some counselors torn on how best to prepare students. With students having the option to take the old SAT, the new SAT or the ACT (formerly the American College Test), advisors must decide what the best course of action is so students can be sufficiently ready.
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The Sacramento Bee
From Nov. 5:
Students across the country are preparing for a new, more challenging SAT that will debut in March, the first major revision of the college admissions exam in a decade. The College Board, which administers the SAT, decided last year that the test needed to better reflect what students are learning in class, particularly as most states have adopted Common Core State Standards. Among the biggest changes: Obscure vocabulary is no longer a primary focus. Now students must analyze text and show that they understand how the author uses words in passages.
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TakePart
From April 9:
It's a middle and high school crisis that few teachers notice and fewer school administrators, or parents, are discussing. To understand the effects of a nationwide shortage of school counselors, just ask one about her day. The counselor we asked — who requested anonymity — works in a 1,600-student suburban Washington, D.C., high school. Through her students, she sees nearly every issue the public education system faces: standardized test pressure, the needs of poor and immigrant students, teens wrestling with their sexuality. That's in addition to making sure they're academically on track.
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Psychology Today (commentary)
From March 12:
It seems like every week there is another news story about alcohol and drug abuse, campus sexual assault or risky behavior by college-aged people in America. College officials are struggling to respond fast enough, and a rich national dialog is developing around these issues. Why do things seem so out of control?
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Disability Scoop
From Sept. 3:
The U.S. Department of Education is doing away with a policy that allowed states to consider some students with disabilities academically proficient without meeting grade-level standards. The agency said in a final rule published in the Federal Register that states will no longer be allowed to administer tests to students with disabilities that are based on modified academic achievement standards. Previously, states could count up to 2 percent of their students as proficient under the No Child Left Behind Act for taking such exams. But now the Education Department is saying no more to the policy known as the "2 percent rule."
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Education Week
From June 4:
In a little-known practice that could harm students' chances of getting into the college of their choice, the vast majority of colleges and universities use disciplinary records to help determine whether to accept or reject a student's application, according to a new study. The study was conducted by the Center for Community Alternatives, a New York-based organization that advocates on behalf of students who've had prior court involvement. It found that roughly 3 out of 4 colleges and universities collect high school disciplinary information, and that 89 percent of those institutions use the information to make admission decisions.
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U.S. News & World Report
From Nov. 19:
College is the first time many teens will be on their own, but they may need the help of adults to get there. Many teens need letters of recommendation from their high school counselors and teachers to get into their dream college. "If it's done right, it brings the student to life," says Alisha Couch, director of admission operations and transfer recruitment at Ohio Wesleyan University. So much of a college application is just data, she says, and a letter of recommendation can help paint a picture of who a student really is. Teachers who need help writing letters of recommendation can use the following tips.
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Tampa Bay Times
From Feb. 26:
Nearly a dozen Hillsborough County, Florida, school administrators were invited Friday to give their feedback on the district's problems with student discipline. But first they took time to vent. Don't believe kids are getting the guidance they need from adults at the schools — including counselors, who spend much of their time administering tests — they told a district task force addressing discipline issues.
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The New York Times
From Jan. 8:
A steady stream of teenagers fidgeting with forms and their backpacks flowed through the Midwood High School in New York City college office one day this month, all with lists of questions on their minds. But one of the school's two college counselors was nowhere to be found. She had taken refuge in another office, a quieter spot where she tried to pump out as many college recommendation letters as she could.
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