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Debbie Zacarian, Ed.D. & Associates, LLC is a woman-owned consulting business specializing in policy and practice, strategic planning, evaluation, coaching, innovation, and professional development for educators and professionals working with culturally and linguistically diverse populations....
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We provide: A comprehensive framework for creating lasting and meaningful high-quality learning, school, and family engagement environments. Research-based practical strategies and tools for strengthening and transforming policies and practices using a systems-based strengths-based approach. Most...
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Serving Multilingual Learners: Laws, Policies, and Regulations
Do you have questions about the laws and regulations for educating multilingual learners? The new resource, Serving Multilingual Learners: Laws, Policies, and Regulations (2025), is...
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Empathy: Glue that Holds Us Together
I read a thought-provoking Fast Company article titled Emotional Intelligence Is So 2020. It opens with the powerful statement, “…people are starving to be seen,...
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Leading With a Culture of Caring: Ways to Create Identity Safe Spaces at Home and School
Debbie Zacarian and Becki Cohn-Vargas When Francisco Lopez was twelve, he and his parents moved from Santiago, Brazil, to a small town in Massachusetts, where...
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