In the United States, the likelihood of black students being paired with black school counselors is low. Census data show that 70 percent of U.S. school counselors are white. (In my state, New Jersey, 83 percent of support-services staff, including guidance counselors, are white.) Traditionally, students are paired with guidance counselors by last name — […]
Rann Miller
Rann Miller directs a 21st Century Community Learning Center, federally funded after-school program in southern New Jersey – one of sixty-three statewide. He spent six years teaching in charter schools in Camden, New Jersey. He is the creator, writer and editor of the Official Urban Education Mixtape Blog.
