Evaluation of the Transforming School Counseling Initiative
About the Project
The National Program for Transforming School Counseling is an
initiative of the Wallace
Reader's Digest Funds
that seeks to improve guidance counseling in public schools by
transforming graduate-level preparation of counselors. The over
arching goal is to
help students succeed academically—especially students living in
low-income communities and students of color. To that end, the
initiative is focused on producing guidance counselors:
- Who are knowledgeable about schools and the public school system;
- Who are equipped to help students meet their educational and
personal goals; and
- Who advocate for system change by working to remove barriers that
impede the success of all students.
Six universities, working in partnership
with local school districts, are receiving Fund grants, and
The Education Trust, a Washington
D.C.-based education group, is providing technical assistance.
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