In the classroom closest to the school's entrance, a first-grade teacher had hid her students in a bathroom and placed a bookcase against the door.
Our tests of classroom humidification were performed under controlled conditions (doors to the classroom closed and HVAC ventilation turned off), and additional study of the feasibility of classroom humidification under routine operating conditions is needed.
But strategies such as cutting school fees, supporting girls financially and building classrooms close to communities in rural areas can help get girls past the "tipping point" of 13 or 14, where they leave school for marriage.
For all the talk about balancing the budget for the sake of our children, keeping classrooms closed is a perverse way of giving them a brighter future.
Much of her time this month was spent running between her office and the classrooms, closing accounts and guiding teachers through the uncomfortable rituals of throwing out books, clearing out classrooms and taking down crucifixes and statues of saints.
The commitment to systemic change is profound, according to Kimiko Fukuda, a 33-year veteran of the system who is the only one of the old assistant superintendents to remain in the new regime as an "instructional leader," charged with breaking down the old system in which teachers generally went into their classrooms, closed the doors and used whatever instructional methods they chose.
With all classrooms closed until May 29, in a country which in recent years has lost 200,000 girls to cross-border trafficking and exploitation, fears are now growing that children consigned to the streets or camps may be easy prey.
That is why it is so important for teachers to have the skills to reach every student in the classroom and close that achievement gap.
Thirty loggers were used in School 1 and forty were used in School 2. Standardized locations of loggers for within-classroom measurements were: close to the main doorway from the hallway into the classroom; near exterior facing windows and walls; on interior walls.
In particular, the administration and Congress need to preserve and strengthen provisions that hold states accountable for placing a qualified teacher in every classroom and closing the achievement gap between poor children and their wealthy contemporaries.
