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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Bemak, Fred; Willians, Joseph M.; Chung, Rita Chi-Ying – Professional School Counseling, 2015
Despite recognition of accountability for school counselors, no clear set of interrelated performance measures exists to guide school counselors in collecting and evaluating data that relates to student academic success. This article outlines four critical domains of accountability for school counselors (i.e., grades, attendance, disciplinary…
Descriptors: Accountability, School Counselors, Academic Achievement, Educational Assessment
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Kaffenberger, Carol J.; Murphy, Sally; Bemak, Fred – Professional School Counseling, 2006
The School Counseling Leadership Team (SCLT) is a model of a collaborative team formed to advocate for the transformed role of professional school counselors. The members of the SCLT included school district counseling supervisors, counselor educators, and leaders of statewide school counselor organizations. This article reviews the need for and…
Descriptors: School Counseling, Models, Cocounseling, Supervisors
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Bemak, Fred; Chung, Rita Chi-Ying – Professional School Counseling, 2005
The academic achievement gap of students of color and low-income students as compared to middle and upper socioeconomic students and White students has been clearly documented. Historically the long-standing role of the school counselor has contributed to the status quo of these inequities, inadvertently maintaining educational and social…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Justice, School Counselors, Counselor Role
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Bemak, Fred; Chung, Rita Chi-Ying; Siroskey-Sabdo, Linda A. – Professional School Counseling, 2005
Twenty-first-century urban schools face unique challenges in being culturally responsive and providing quality education to culturally diverse and low-income students. The academic achievement gap for low-income and ethnic youth poses the need for new and innovative interventions by educational institutions. School counselors are in a unique…
Descriptors: Urban Youth, Urban Schools, School Counselors, Public Education
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Bemak, Fred – Professional School Counseling, 2005
Writing the article entitled "Empowerment Groups for Academic Success: An Innovative Approach to Prevent High School Failure for At-Risk, Urban African American Girls," Fred Bemak anticipated that there would be mixed reactions, given the unique and non traditional approach to working with a difficult and typically underserved population. The…
Descriptors: Empowerment, Academic Achievement, Prevention, High Risk Students
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Bemak, Fred – Professional School Counseling, 2000
Focuses on a critical redefinition of the future school counselor as leader in promoting educational reform and meeting national and state educational objectives inclusive of creating healthy, safe school environments. Proposes that school counselors should play a major role in facilitating and leading interagency and interdisciplinary…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Counselor Role, Counselor Training, Educational Change