During the past ten years, the Modesto City Schools have been engaged in a comprehensive effort to create a college-going culture for Modesto students. Thanks to the leadership of Modesto's counselors and adminstrators, and their use of Naviance, Modesto students are reaping rewards. Since 1999, the amount of scholarship and aid dollars for Modesto students have grown 440% to $28 million from just $6.3 million; college acceptance rates have increased 165% across all district high schools; and the number of Cal Grants offered to Modesto seniors has increased a remarkable 437%! Naviance is proud to be a part of Modesto's efforts to ensure that all students, including those who would be the first in their families to attend college, have access to higher education. Read "10 years later, college-going culture is blossoming" in The Modesto Bee.

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Individual Learning Plans (ILPs) are a great way to engage students in making more deliberate decisions about their academic programs, and Naviance leads the way with WorkspaceK12, the premier planning and advising suite for schools and districts. A new Naviance research study, released at a February 13th event at the U.S. Capitol, shows the progress that states are making in adopting frameworks and systems to encourage the effective use of ILPs. The study found that while the use of ILPs is growing, more than half of U.S. states have yet to formalize the process for all students. Using WorkspaceK12, progressive districts across the country are charting a course for states to increase student engagement and achievement. Read the full press release for more information.

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School counselors help students learn more about themselves and form close partnerships with families that help each student reach his or her full potential. National School Counseling Week, sponsored by the American School Counselor Association, focuses public attention on the important contribution these professionals make every day. Naviance is proud to support counselors in their work and to join the celebration this week by recognizing the efforts of those professionals and the role they play in helping students achieve success in school

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Minnesota's Office of Higher Education and Naviance are in the midst of a statewide deployment of WorkspaceK12 that will help improve college readiness and access in hundreds of Minnesota's middle and high schools. Naviance is pleased to announce that the Office of Higher Education has expanded the services available under this agreement to include Course Manager, Career Planner for High Schools, and Career Planner for Middle Schools in addition to Counselor's Office. Through the leadership of the Office of Higher Education, Minnesota's counselors, teachers, administrators, students, and parents will benefit from access to the premier course, college, and career planning platform.

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