Washington Post: Qatar Reshapes Its Schools

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Type: News Articles
Date: 2 February 2003

Washington Post: Qatar Reshapes Its Schools

Qatar Reshapes Its Schools, Putting English Over Islam
Conservatives See Reform as Extension of U.S. Influence in Gulf

Students are learning less Islam and more English in the tiny desert sheikdom of Qatar. Prestigious American universities, such as Cornell with its medical school and Carnegie Mellon with its business school, are being lured to set up branch campuses.
Last week, the country's ruler announced an even more sweeping reform for public schools, an overhaul developed by the Rand Corp.