Public schools in Manhattan welcomed 150,000 children back to school this fall. But imagine if these children had no school to go to at all? Imagine over 300,000 children, or twice the number of all the public school children in Manhattan, unable to go to school. This is the situation in Lebanon right now.
Public schools in Manhattan welcomed 150,000 children back to school this fall. These children, adorned with new school shoes and backpacks, entered a system known for the challenges it faces: high dropout, poor performance, constrained resources, bullying, obesity.