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May 2024
16m 9s

Regeneration and Hope with Maddy Hewitt

Near East South Asia Council of Overseas Schools
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How do we re-center hope? On our final episode of the season, NESA Executive Director Maddy Hewitt joins Abril in conversation and they discuss regenerative models of education, next year's NESA program, and the case for evidence-based hope.

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