EPHRATA — Planning for the future isn’t something freshmen in high school gravitate toward, but the four guidance counselors at Ephrata High School point them in the right direction to get their ...

“We help students get past the barrier that is in front of them,” one counselor says.

Megan Kenline, a second-grade teacher from Lewisville, Texas, was awarded second place in the American Counseling Association's Future School Counselor Essay Competition for her essay titled "Future ...

Michigan has a shortage of public school counselors, and is next to the bottom nationally in student-counselor ratios. We talk to a Michigan School Counselor Association leader, from Grand Rapids, and ...

Each February, National School Counseling Week provides the opportunity to pause and reflect on the impact school counselors ...

Preparing students academically for college is the biggest single issue, but this group's focus is on helping them with another, often overlooked challenge -- playing the admissions game. Mostly, ...

The U.S. is facing a hidden education crisis–and it’s not test scores or curriculum wars. The average student-to-counselor ratio is 376:1, meaning that the average public high school student gets less ...

“There’s a lot of fear there,” says Matthew Tyson, CEO of Tapestry Public Charter School in DeKalb County, Georgia. Tyson notes that many of his students aren’t planning for college, or feel ...

Cale Beissner wasn’t your typical substitute staffer when he worked for Savannah Elementary School last year. Beissner wasn’t working as a substitute teacher for ESS, a company that fills vacancies in ...

The Carson City School District was pleased to honor school counselors during National School Counseling Week, Feb. 2-6, 2026 ...