The Ahmad Samah State elementary school in Abu Tor in East Jerusalem is located in an old three-story residential building whose bedrooms and balconies have been turned into classrooms. Recess starts at 10:30 A.M., and the pupils in their blue uniforms go outside. The yard - a few dozen square meters - would be spacious for a private home, but 500 children at recess can barely stand upright in it, let alone play...
East Jerusalem, the capital of dropouts
Years of intentional neglect of Arab schools have led to a shortage of 1,000 classrooms and a 40-percent dropout rate among 12th graders
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