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Mar 2021
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FreshEd #231 - Schooling as Uncertainty ...

FreshEd with Will Brehm
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Does more schooling always lead to a better life? Is this optimistic view a certainty everyone around the world can expect? My guest today, Fran Vavrus, has recently written a new book that weaves together her 30 years of work in Tanzania with her own biography as an academic, mother, and development practitioner. She details the tension between the certaint ... Show More
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