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AMIT Elaine Silver helped Malka turn her life around

AMIT Elaine Silver Helped Malka Turn Her Life Around

Malka Trunach recently completed the last three of her 21 bagrut (matriculation) exams and is now studying information and communications technology at an AMIT junior college, both extraordinary achievements for the young woman who dropped out of school from 10th grade until the middle of 12th grade.

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The parent trap: How to get parents on board with school changes

The Parent Trap: How To Get Parents On Board With School Changes

by Alanna Kotler

A school community contains several constituencies—parents, faculty, staff, students—and the hope is that they all work together in the interest of each child. I would argue that each feels very strongly that it does. However, when you listen closely to the conversations that happen within each of these groups, there can be a gap between what is happening in schools and what each thinks is happening.

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