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Thailand’s small school challenge and options for quality education

In Thailand, nearly 1 million poor children attend small schools in rural areas and don’t get the same opportunities as their peers in larger city schools. How can this disparity be improved?

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Thailand’s small school challenge and options for quality education

Despite Thailand’s success in expanding educational access, new empirical evidence suggests that much more needs to be done to maximize the potential of its students. The 2012 PISA reading assessment reveals that almost one-third of Thai 15 year-old students were “functionally illiterate,” lacking c…