Advancing Equity-Focused School Counseling for All Students: Confronting Disproportionality Across PreK-12 Schools

• Brings attention to racial disparities that exist presently in schools within the historical context of pivotal legal cases in America while emphasizing the importance of assessing and supporting students through a culturally appropriate lens that recognizes student strengths • Underscores the value of community partnerships and the role of strategic partnerships to support a college culture, particularly for student populations with historically limited access to higher education • Covers misconceptions of racially and ethnically minoritized children and related impacts on misdiagnosis and overrepresentation in special education