What happens when high school grads don't get what they need before they start college?
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Liz Willen Dear reader,
If you’ve been following our “Guidance Gap” ([link removed]) series, you’ve read how students are hurt by a critical shortage of school counselors, and are far too often left to their own devices when it comes to navigating college and career decisions.
The series also spotlights potential solutions, including this program ([link removed]) that’s been guiding recent high school graduates through the summer before college, a critical time for low-income students in particular. Even more heartening: The help is coming from peer coaches, an approach we’ve seen in the film Personal Statement ([link removed]) , whose producers we’ve been partnering with to draw attention to this issue.
We love stories of hope and promise as the school year begins, a blank slate waiting to be filled. Tell us yours!
Liz Willen, Editor
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Main Idea
** College dreams often melt away in summer months. ‘Near-peer’ counseling is helping keep them alive ([link removed])
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Eight years in, a program that helps low-income students stay on track to college is spreading — and showing results
Reading List
** A school where character matters as much as academics ([link removed])
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A Washington, D.C., charter school prioritizes students’ emotional development — and finds ways to grade them on it
** Using virtual reality to help students with disabilities ([link removed])
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Virtual tours and virtual social interactions give kids a chance to practice life skills in safe spaces
Solutions
“Texas Tech telemedicine improves teens’ mental health in 24 school districts ([link removed]) ,” via KXAN
“An imaginative space that helps kids believe in stories – and themselves ([link removed]) ,” via Christian Science Monitor
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