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Miami-Dade schools partner with online career program

March 1st, 2011 davidguide

Miami-Dade County Schools partnered with ConnectEDU, an online college and career-planning program. At no cost to the school district, they will work together to offer the program to all of its students so they get assistance with applications for financial aid and scholarships as well as choosing colleges. Boston-based ConnectEDU trained more than 300 guidance counselors with the school district in December. “In the United States today, the average student-to-guidance counselor ratio is 500-to-1,” ConnectEDU CEO Craig Powell said in a news…

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