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Counselors Couldn’t Keep Up With Our Growing Mental Health Crisis, So Peers Stepped Up

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I became assistant principal in 2018, but served as dean of culture at Westgate for three years prior. We set norms and ground rules, we gave each person involved a fair opportunity to speak and we followed that darn script. Peer mentoring has without a doubt shifted our school culture.

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When an Online Teaching Job Becomes a Window into Child Abuse

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VIPKid, she says, allowed her to continue doing what she loved—what she felt she was best at—without stopping her from immersing herself in a new culture. Some worry, too, about foisting their values on another culture. All global tech platforms must learn to adapt to a wide array of legal and cultural norms. Who cares if it is?

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How Classroom Technology Has Changed the Parent-Teacher Relationship

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And that's not fair because we never really know what's going on in someone's house. I will keep that confidential.’ How much language and cultural barriers can play a role in parent communication? And I can give you an example of a story that's happened to a friend of mine. How can we find a solution for this?’