One Teacher's Signature Move

article | December 18, 2014

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Despite increases in access to education in Pakistan, the country still has the third highest out-of-school population in the world. And, with events like this week's Taliban attack on one Pakistani school, it's understandable that parents and students alike might hesitate to attend.  How can we start to reverse this trend? Listen to one story of a teacher, who cleverly used a discovery about the mothers of students in Pakistan to boost enrollment in the school – and to make a larger point about what's necessary to encourage educational access in the country.

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