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Character Education: Growth of the Whole Child
By Cheri J. Meiners, M.Ed., author of the Learning to Get Along® and Being the Best Me! series A few weeks ago I watched the true story Freedom Writers with my two teenage girls. In the movie, Erin Gruwell, a … Continue reading