What’s your student to counselor ratio? What are the biggest challenges facing middle school counselors today? AMLE sought to better understand the current state of middle school counseling programs by conducting a survey of its membership in February, 2025. Survey Overview: Respondents: 60 unique schools across 2 countries and 26 states responded to the survey.
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“Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul alike.” – John Muir, The Yosemite (1912). Thirty-eight degrees and thunderstorms in the Sierra Mountains will always prove that you didn’t plan accordingly for your camping adventure. The chill that
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In a thought-provoking episode of the Middle School Walk and Talk podcast, host Phyllis Fagell and Jessica McGuire sit down with Brooklyn Raney, a practitioner researcher who studies and consults on the ethics of care in educational settings. Known for her innovative advisory curriculum and her advocacy for every student having a “trusted adult,” Raney
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This is the second in a three-part article series on preparing for the 2024 election in our middle school classrooms. You can read part one here and look for the final installment later this fall. Need more support tackling difficult conversations with students? Explore Jen Cort’s book, Help Us Begin, available from AMLE. As we
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Findings from the 2023 National Youth Tobacco Survey show that more than 2.1 million U.S. middle and high school students use e-cigarettes (also called “vapes”). Tobacco use in any form, including vapes, is especially unsafe for kids, teens, and young adults. Most vapes contain nicotine, which is highly addictive and can harm brain development. Nicotine
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The old adage is that “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” But when it comes to applying that lesson in the classroom, teachers and school staff might be hesitant to implement preventative measures, or might even ask themselves: “Why worry about discussing behavioral health issues that students may not be concerned
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