The Education Trust2019-06-272019-06-272019-02-01http://hdl.handle.net/10919/90752Students of color and students from low-income families benefit from having more access to school counselors. For instance, Black students are more likely than their White peers to identify their school counselor as the person who had the most influence on their thinking about postsecondary education. This report points out recommendation in high-poverty schools to achieve better academic outcomes for students, such as improved attendance, fewer disciplinary incidents, and higher graduation rates.application/pdfenCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalstudents of colorlow-income studentsacademic achievementhigher education counselingReporthttps://edtrust.org/resource/school-counselors-matter/