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I’d pretty much assumed our hand-holding days were over. She’s 15, after all. But during an African Road Learning Trip…
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The Best Way to Get Kids to Put Down the Device, Do What’s Needed, and Dream Big
As a special education teacher for children with behavior problems, lists were my claim to fame. Individually created for each…
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