The Lewiston School System has increased staffing to handle the language acquisition needs of its burgeoning number of English language learners, but the Lewiston High School community looked outside the school system for help in dealing with the sociocultural issues that inevitably arise when different cultures come together. The school turned to…

This article discusses student-led conferences. Student-led conferences can be organized in many ways; most involve students following an outline or a script to share work with their parents. Although this is a seemingly simple process to follow, student-led conferences require considerable planning and organization. The benefits, however, are…