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Whatever happened to the floating schools of Bangladesh?
It was a light bulb moment: If monsoon rains keep kids from safely getting to school, let's create a floating school to pick them up! Bangladesh pioneered the idea.
Summary
Hosne Ara teaches a group of fourth graders, seated on benches inside the floating school's classroom. Ali Asif Shawon for NPR hide caption In September 2018, we posted a story from flood-prone Bangladesh, 'Floating Schools' Make Sure Kids Get To Class When The Water Rises . Did the floating schools actually work, and what happened to the children who attended them?
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