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Showing posts with label schools. Show all posts

Showing posts with label schools. Show all posts

Oct 21, 2009

BBC -|Attack shuts all Pakistan schools

Image via Wikipedia All schools and universities have been closed across Pakistan a day after suicide bombers att...

Aug 19, 2009

In Pakistan's Swat Valley, boys – and girls – crack open schoolbooks once again

After nearly two years of Taliban rule and a recent military offensive, hundreds of students are returning to their studies. But many ...

Aug 18, 2009

Suburban Ghetto

Sarah Garland | August 17, 2009 Jessica stood in a clearing in the woods where the ground was strewn with used condoms and broken bottles. ...

Aug 9, 2009

As Classrooms Go Digital, Textbooks May Become History

By TAMAR LEWIN At Empire High School in Vail, Ariz., students use computers provided by the school to get their lessons, do th...

Aug 5, 2009

Can Students Learn Without Books?

It’s hard enough to get through high school. It just became more so in East Timor , where students and teachers often spend valuable class t...

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