Thursday, August 23, 2007

Iraqi kids finally allowed to attend school in Jordan

http://www.jordantimes.com/index.php?news=1672

It's about time...

More than two years ago now, high school kids in Jordan started a tutoring program where they themselves taught Iraqi kids after their own school day. Another school in East Amman was started by Christian missionaries from the states, where the kids were kept off the streets, but where the education was substandard and they got no formal certificates. A thirteen year old girl I met attended the classes for women held at a community center in Sweileh because she hadn't been to school in years. It's really about time these kids were integrated into the public system. And it's about time the US stepped up...

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