How Kids are Caught Between Shrinking Investment & Increasing Demand on their Counselors By John Fitzgerald Minnesota 2020 Fellow
Minnesota school children's mental health and academic
counseling needs have dramatically increased in the last two years;
however, funding and hiring of school counselors has not kept up with
this growing demand. Compounding the problem for children is that
Minnesota has traditionally lagged behind the rest of the nation in
student-to-counselor ratios, ranking 49th out of 50 since the beginning
of this decade. As a result, student's academic, social and mental
health problems are going unaddressed. Click here to read full reoprt.(you will be directed away from Guidance, Counseling and Related Services website.)
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