OPINION: At-Risk Youth Aren't the Problem-But They can be Part of the Counseling Solution [Hechingerreport.org]

By Janice Bloom and Lori Chajet, The Hechinger Report, February 11, 2020

There’s room for more than one counseling solution.

First, some numbers:

1-to-464 — the average school counselor-to-student ratio in the United States.

20 percent — the percentage of their time at work that more than half of high-school counseling departments report spending on college-related counseling.

1-to-1,000 — the typical adviser-to-student ratio at community colleges in the United States.

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