{"id":347,"date":"2016-12-19T09:51:33","date_gmt":"2016-12-19T14:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=347"},"modified":"2016-12-19T09:51:54","modified_gmt":"2016-12-19T14:51:54","slug":"states-bolster-school-counseling-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2016\/12\/19\/states-bolster-school-counseling-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"States Bolster School Counseling Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_348\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-348\" style=\"width: 724px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-348\" src=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/counselor.jpg\" alt=\"iStock\" width=\"724\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/counselor.jpg 724w, https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/counselor-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-348\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">iStock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A growing number of states are using government and philanthropic funds to bring more counselors into public schools.<\/p>\n<p>The trend is outlined in a recent <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edweek.org\/ew\/articles\/2016\/12\/14\/states-beef-up-school-counseling-corps.html?utm_source=fb&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=mrss\">Education Week <\/a><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edweek.org\/ew\/articles\/2016\/12\/14\/states-beef-up-school-counseling-corps.html?utm_source=fb&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=mrss\">article<\/a> by reporter Catherine Gewertz.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe counseling initiatives are far from the biggest-ticket items in states\u2019 budgets,\u201d she writes. \u201cBut they\u2019re a significant sign of a renewed commitment to school counseling, which took particularly heavy hits in layoffs driven by the Great Recession eight years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>States highlighted in the article include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Minnesota: Committed $12 million to send counselors, social workers, nurses, and school psychologists into 77 schools.<\/li>\n<li>Tennessee: Added college advisers at 30 high schools through a three-year, $7.2 million grant.<\/li>\n<li>Colorado: Launched the Colorado School Counselor Corps in 2010 to add more support for students. The program was initially funded with $5 million annually for three years. The effort was renewed in 2014 at $10 million per year.<\/li>\n<li>Indiana: The Lily Endowment has pledged up to $30 million to help develop comprehensive counseling programs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cPeople are realizing that a school counselor really is essential in a student\u2019s education,\u201d Richard Wong, executive director of the American School Counselor Association told <em>Ed Week<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edweek.org\/ew\/articles\/2016\/12\/14\/states-beef-up-school-counseling-corps.html?utm_source=fb&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=mrss\">Read the full story<\/a>, and learn about <a href=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2016\/12\/07\/report-counselors-positively-impact-college-access\/\">NACAC research<\/a> showing that counselors positively impact college access.<\/p>\n<p><em>Admitted writer\/editor Mary Stegmeir welcomes additional comments and story ideas at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:mstegmeir@nacacnet.org\">mstegmeir@nacacnet.org<\/a><\/em><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A growing number of states are using government and philanthropic funds to bring more counselors into public schools. The trend is outlined in a recent Education Week article by reporter Catherine Gewertz. \u201cThe counseling initiatives are far from the biggest-ticket items in states\u2019 budgets,\u201d she writes. \u201cBut they\u2019re a significant sign of a renewed commitment &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2016\/12\/19\/states-bolster-school-counseling-programs\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">States Bolster School Counseling Programs<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,20],"tags":[213,215,216,214],"class_list":["post-347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-access","category-importance-of-school-counselors","tag-american-school-counselor-association","tag-colorado-school-counselor-corps","tag-lily-endowment","tag-richard-wong"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Mary Stegmeir","author_link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/author\/mstegmeir\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peWmJq-5B","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}