An Ally for At-Risk Students

Thanks to having an ally for at-risk students on staff, a school is turning around the results for students who were on the verge of dropping out or failing courses.  One student at Ridgewood High School in New Jersey was chronically truant, and it was a struggle to...

A Shortage of High School Guidance Counselors

As the busy spring season is in full swing at high schools students and faculty are acutely aware that there is a shortage of high school guidance counselors. In the 2008-09 school year, for example, the average ratio of guidance counselors to students nationwide was...