New Child-Friendly School at Risk from Teacher Walkout

GANTA–The first grade class at Ganta’s new child-friendly school recites multiplication tables as teacher’s assistant Mary Seway paces through the neat rows of tiny chairs and desks. At this school – the first of its kind in Liberia– children are the primary focus. Seway, a 45-year-old teaching veteran, said the approach allows more teacher-student interaction….