The reading skills that pupils develop by loaning books remains with them throughout their lives and goes some way to counteract the negative effects of an stunted primary education.

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It is in this context that the effects of conflict have a negative impact on achieving the Education for All goals, she said.

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Even with such changes mandated by the courts and others proposed by legislators, Perez argues in a letter to state Superintendent of Education Thomas Bice that the bill already has had negative effects.

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