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Secretary Clinton announces $12.5 million to improve Dominican public schools teaching - PHOTOGRAPHS

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 17, 2009
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SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced a $12.5 million dollar expansion of the U.S. Agency for International Development's (USAID) Effective School Program during a visit to the Rosa Duarte Public Elementary School in the Dominican Republic.

This new five-year $12.5 million dollar increase in the USAID Effective School Program will allow an additional 450 public schools to access a full range of programming in reading, writing, math, and school administration. This project is fully supported by the Ministry of Education and will be implemented by USAID partner Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM).

Free-of-charge photos of the event are available at http://www.usaid.gov/press/mediaadvisories/2009/ma090417.html with photo credit given to USAID/U.S. Embassy Santo Domingo, Rene Taveras.

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Secretary Clinton talks with Sister Victoria Reyes, School Director at Rosa Duarte Public Elementary School during her visit to the Dominican Republic on April 17, 2009.	Secretary Clinton enjoys a story written by Carly Esther Peralta, Second Grade student of the Rosa Duarte Public Elementary School during her visit to the Dominican Republic on April 17, 2009. Dominican Minister of Education Melanio Paredes and Teacher Altagracia Florentino are accompanying.
Secretary Clinton announces a $12.5 million dollar expansion of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Effective School Program during a visit to the Rosa Duarte Public Elementary School in the Dominican Republic on April 17, 2009.	Secretary Clinton greets students during her visit to Rosa Duarte Public Elementary School during her visit to the Dominican Republic on April 17, 2009

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