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*SENSITIVE MATERIAL* When you get past the potty humor on this one, you begin to sympathize with women of India. With less than 30% of people in India with access to toilets, "no toilet, no bride," has become a rallying cry for women raising...
Tags: India • Policies & legislation • School sanitation Orissa, menstrual cycle, human rights, health, disease control, India, UNICEF, Sunariyan, Kalan, Haryana, UN, Sumitra, United Nations Childrens Fund, Ministry of Rural Development, drop out rate for girls in India, marriage, rural sanitation, rural schools, urban sanitation, urban schools
Education Secretary Arne Duncan says big city mayors should take control of their school systems. Duncan said Tuesday there's too much turnover among superintendents in cities where the mayor is not in charge of the schools.
Tags: Arne Duncan, education secretary, secretary arne, duncan says, urban schools
Many of the nation's biggest urban school districts, including the Pittsburgh Public Schools, slowly are catching up to suburban and rural counterparts in student achievement, according to a study released yesterday. Pittsburgh made less progress than...
Tags: urban schools