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The high school counselor is a critical member of a student’s college preparation team. Counselors help students and families select the right college-prep courses, offer suggestions for extracurricular activities, understand the admissions process, and write letters of recommendation. Hear strategies and tips for working with your high-school guidance counselor in this interview with Abby Hirsch, an admission counselor at Lehman University in New York and a former high school guidance counselor.

The high school counselor is a critical member of a student’s college preparation team. Counselors help students and families select the right college-prep courses, offer suggestions for extracurricular activities, understand the admissions process, and write letters of recommendation. Hear strategies and tips for working with your high-school guidance counselor in this interview with Abby Hirsch, an admission counselor at Lehman University in New York and a former high school guidance counselor.

Gene Kalb, publisher of the online High School Counselor Week newsletter, describes this free online publication. Each week, he searches media outlets to find stories of interest to high school guidance counselors, independent counselors, college admissions officers, and interested parents, then provides a quick synopsis and link to the original stories. The newsletter makes it easy for busy counselors to stay on top of the news in the field.
http://www.hscounselorweek.com/

Nigel Nisbet, math expert with the Los Angeles Unified School District, explains why algebra is sometimes thought to be a gatekeeper course for students seeking to graduate from high school or college, and discusses the deeper causes of these difficulties, which often start long before that first algebra course.