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Oct 2024
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52. It Takes a Village to Educate a Chil...

Ashleigh and Alisha
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You have probably heard the saying, “It takes a village to raise a child” but what if we applied this to teaching? Kylie Altier has explored this exact idea of it taking a “village” to educate a child and what she discovered was career changing! Throughout today’s episode Kylie shares how she has gone about this transformation of building a village outside ... Show More
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