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  • 28 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. The "liberators" of the National Black Theater carry the casket of Barbara Ann Teer down the stairs for the  procession. The procession starts at the National Black Theater in Harlem and ends at the Riverside Church, where the service will take place. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. <br />
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  • 28 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. The "liberators" of the National Black Theater carry the casket of Barbara Ann Teer down the stairs for the  procession. The procession starts at the National Black Theater in Harlem and ends at the Riverside Church, where the service will take place. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. <br />
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©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +39 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
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  • 27 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Viewing of the corpse of Barbara Ann Teer at the National Black Theater in Harlem. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. The funeral service will take place on Monday July 28th at the Riverside Church in Harlem.<br />
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©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +39 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
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  • 27 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Viewing of the corpse of Barbara Ann Teer at the National Black Theater in Harlem. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. The funeral service will take place on Monday July 28th at the Riverside Church in Harlem.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +39 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
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  • 27 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Viewing of the corpse of Barbara Ann Teer at the National Black Theater in Harlem. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. The funeral service will take place on Monday July 28th at the Riverside Church in Harlem.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +39 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
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  • 28 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Procession for the Funeral of Barbara Ann Teer starts at the National Black Theater in Harlem and ends at the Riverside Church, where the service will take place. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. <br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +39 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
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  • 28 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Procession for the Funeral of Barbara Ann Teer starts at the National Black Theater in Harlem and ends at the Riverside Church, where the service will take place. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. <br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +39 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
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  • 28 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Procession for the Funeral of Barbara Ann Teer starts at the National Black Theater in Harlem and ends at the Riverside Church, where the service will take place. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. <br />
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©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +39 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
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  • 28 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Procession for the Funeral of Barbara Ann Teer starts at the National Black Theater in Harlem and ends at the Riverside Church, where the service will take place. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. <br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +39 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    funeral036.jpg
  • 28 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Procession for the Funeral of Barbara Ann Teer starts at the National Black Theater in Harlem and ends at the Riverside Church, where the service will take place. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. <br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +39 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
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  • 28 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Procession for the Funeral of Barbara Ann Teer starts at the National Black Theater in Harlem and ends at the Riverside Church, where the service will take place. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. <br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +39 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    funeral034.jpg
  • 28 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Procession for the Funeral of Barbara Ann Teer starts at the National Black Theater in Harlem and ends at the Riverside Church, where the service will take place. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. <br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +39 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    funeral031.jpg
  • 28 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Procession for the Funeral of Barbara Ann Teer starts at the National Black Theater in Harlem and ends at the Riverside Church, where the service will take place. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. <br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +39 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    funeral028.jpg
  • 28 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. The "liberators" of the National Black Theater carry the casket of Barbara Ann Teer down the stairs for the  procession. The procession starts at the National Black Theater in Harlem and ends at the Riverside Church, where the service will take place. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. <br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +39 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    funeral027.jpg
  • 28 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. The "liberators" of the National Black Theater carry the casket of Barbara Ann Teer down the stairs for the  procession. The procession starts at the National Black Theater in Harlem and ends at the Riverside Church, where the service will take place. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. <br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +39 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    funeral025.jpg
  • 28 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. The "liberators" of the National Black Theater carry the casket of Barbara Ann Teer down the stairs for the  procession. The procession starts at the National Black Theater in Harlem and ends at the Riverside Church, where the service will take place. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. <br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +39 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    funeral024.jpg
  • 27 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Viewing of the corpse of Barbara Ann Teer at the National Black Theater in Harlem. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. The funeral service will take place on Monday July 28th at the Riverside Church in Harlem.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +39 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    funeral022.jpg
  • 27 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Viewing of the corpse of Barbara Ann Teer at the National Black Theater in Harlem. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. The funeral service will take place on Monday July 28th at the Riverside Church in Harlem.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +39 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    funeral021.jpg
  • 27 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Viewing of the corpse of Barbara Ann Teer at the National Black Theater in Harlem. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. The funeral service will take place on Monday July 28th at the Riverside Church in Harlem.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +39 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    funeral015.jpg
  • 27 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Viewing of the corpse of Barbara Ann Teer at the National Black Theater in Harlem. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. The funeral service will take place on Monday July 28th at the Riverside Church in Harlem.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +39 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    funeral013.jpg
  • 27 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Viewing of the corpse of Barbara Ann Teer at the National Black Theater in Harlem. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. The funeral service will take place on Monday July 28th at the Riverside Church in Harlem.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +39 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    funeral012.jpg
  • 27 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Viewing of the corpse of Barbara Ann Teer at the National Black Theater in Harlem. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. The funeral service will take place on Monday July 28th at the Riverside Church in Harlem.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +39 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    funeral011.jpg
  • 27 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Viewing of the corpse of Barbara Ann Teer at the National Black Theater in Harlem. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. The funeral service will take place on Monday July 28th at the Riverside Church in Harlem.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +39 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    funeral010.jpg
  • 27 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Viewing of the corpse of Barbara Ann Teer at the National Black Theater in Harlem. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. The funeral service will take place on Monday July 28th at the Riverside Church in Harlem.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +39 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    funeral009.jpg
  • 27 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Viewing of the corpse of Barbara Ann Teer at the National Black Theater in Harlem. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. The funeral service will take place on Monday July 28th at the Riverside Church in Harlem.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +39 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    funeral006.jpg
  • 27 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Viewing of the corpse of Barbara Ann Teer at the National Black Theater in Harlem. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. The funeral service will take place on Monday July 28th at the Riverside Church in Harlem.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +39 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
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  • 27 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Viewing of the corpse of Barbara Ann Teer at the National Black Theater in Harlem. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. The funeral service will take place on Monday July 28th at the Riverside Church in Harlem.<br />
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©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
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  • 28 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Procession for the Funeral of Barbara Ann Teer starts at the National Black Theater in Harlem and ends at the Riverside Church, where the service will take place. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. <br />
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  • 28 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Procession for the Funeral of Barbara Ann Teer starts at the National Black Theater in Harlem and ends at the Riverside Church, where the service will take place. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. <br />
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  • 27 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Viewing of the corpse of Barbara Ann Teer at the National Black Theater in Harlem. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. The funeral service will take place on Monday July 28th at the Riverside Church in Harlem.<br />
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  • 27 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Viewing of the corpse of Barbara Ann Teer at the National Black Theater in Harlem. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. The funeral service will take place on Monday July 28th at the Riverside Church in Harlem.<br />
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  • 27 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Viewing of the corpse of Barbara Ann Teer at the National Black Theater in Harlem. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. The funeral service will take place on Monday July 28th at the Riverside Church in Harlem.<br />
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  • 27 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Viewing of the corpse of Barbara Ann Teer at the National Black Theater in Harlem. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. The funeral service will take place on Monday July 28th at the Riverside Church in Harlem.<br />
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  • 27 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Viewing of the corpse of Barbara Ann Teer at the National Black Theater in Harlem. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. The funeral service will take place on Monday July 28th at the Riverside Church in Harlem.<br />
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  • 27 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Viewing of the corpse of Barbara Ann Teer at the National Black Theater in Harlem. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. The funeral service will take place on Monday July 28th at the Riverside Church in Harlem.<br />
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  • 28 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Roberta Flack sings in honor of Barbara Ann Teer at the Riverside Church in Harlem. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. <br />
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  • 28 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Michael Lythcott gives a speech in honor of his mother Barbara Ann Teer at the Riverside Church in Harlem. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. <br />
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  • 28 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Michael Lythcott gives a speech in honor of his mother Barbara Ann Teer at the Riverside Church in Harlem. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. <br />
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  • 28 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. The Honorable Basil Patterson gives a tribute speech for Barbara Ann Teer at the Riverside Church in Harlem. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. <br />
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  • 28 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Procession for the Funeral of Barbara Ann Teer starts at the National Black Theater in Harlem and ends at the Riverside Church, where the service will take place. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. <br />
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  • 28 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Procession for the Funeral of Barbara Ann Teer starts at the National Black Theater in Harlem and ends at the Riverside Church, where the service will take place. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. <br />
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  • 28 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Procession for the Funeral of Barbara Ann Teer starts at the National Black Theater in Harlem and ends at the Riverside Church, where the service will take place. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. <br />
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  • 28 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Procession for the Funeral of Barbara Ann Teer starts at the National Black Theater in Harlem and ends at the Riverside Church, where the service will take place. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. <br />
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  • 28 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Procession for the Funeral of Barbara Ann Teer starts at the National Black Theater in Harlem and ends at the Riverside Church, where the service will take place. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. <br />
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  • 27 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Viewing of the corpse of Barbara Ann Teer at the National Black Theater in Harlem. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. The funeral service will take place on Monday July 28th at the Riverside Church in Harlem.<br />
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  • 27 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Viewing of the corpse of Barbara Ann Teer at the National Black Theater in Harlem. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. The funeral service will take place on Monday July 28th at the Riverside Church in Harlem.<br />
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  • 28 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Congressman Charles Charles Rangel gives a tribute speech for Barbara Ann Teer at the Riverside Church in Harlem. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. <br />
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  • 28 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Procession for the Funeral of Barbara Ann Teer starts at the National Black Theater in Harlem and ends at the Riverside Church, where the service will take place. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. <br />
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  • 28 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Procession for the Funeral of Barbara Ann Teer starts at the National Black Theater in Harlem and ends at the Riverside Church, where the service will take place. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. <br />
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  • 28 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Procession for the Funeral of Barbara Ann Teer starts at the National Black Theater in Harlem and ends at the Riverside Church, where the service will take place. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. <br />
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  • 28 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Procession for the Funeral of Barbara Ann Teer starts at the National Black Theater in Harlem and ends at the Riverside Church, where the service will take place. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. <br />
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  • SIENA, ITALY - 20 MARCH 2015: The headquarters of the Monte dei Paschi di Siena bank at Palazzo Salimbeni behind the statue of Sallustio Bandini, an 18th-century Tuscan economist who was an early advocate of free trade, in Siena, Italy, on March 20th 2015. <br />
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Siena, a Tuscan city and UNESCO World Heritage Site, is home to Monte dei Paschi di Siena, the world's oldest surviving bank and Italy's third largest bank. The bank, founded in 1472, was the largest employer in Siena, and it helped finance a host of community projects and services until it stumbled during the financial crisis started in 2008.
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  • SIENA, ITALY - 20 MARCH 2015: The headquarters of the Monte dei Paschi di Siena bank at Palazzo Salimbeni behind the statue of Sallustio Bandini, an 18th-century Tuscan economist who was an early advocate of free trade, in Siena, Italy, on March 20th 2015. <br />
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Siena, a Tuscan city and UNESCO World Heritage Site, is home to Monte dei Paschi di Siena, the world's oldest surviving bank and Italy's third largest bank. The bank, founded in 1472, was the largest employer in Siena, and it helped finance a host of community projects and services until it stumbled during the financial crisis started in 2008.
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 14 APRIL 2021: Giordano Francesco (16, right), who risks dropping out of school, poses for a portrait in Scampia, a district in the outskirts of Naples, Italy, on April 14th 2021. Giordano said he often fell asleep, grew bored and frustrated with the online classes he followed on his phone. He got into arguments with teachers because he often logged off to help his grandfather, who has Alzheimer’s disease, eat or use the bathroom. His mother, who left school at ten and lost her job as a theater cleaner during the pandemic, asked him to finish the school year. He said he would, and then drop out.<br />
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Even before the coronavirus pandemic, Italy had among the highest dropout rates in the European Union. But over the last year it has kept its schools at least in part closed about three times longer than France, and more than Spain or Germany and just about all other member states, severing a lifeline for some of the most challenged children and fueling fears of an education crisis.<br />
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Experts argued that by at least partially closing its schools for 35 weeks, Italy, already lagging behind the rest of Europe in key educational indicators and hoping for a strong post-pandemic recovery, had threatened its long term prospects. The country with Europe’s oldest population has risked leaving behind its youth, which is its greatest and rarest resource.<br />
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While it is too early for reliable statistics, teachers, principals, advocates and social workers say they have seen a sharp increase in the number of students falling out of the system. Even those who stayed in are clearly falling behind.<br />
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The problem is especially acute around the southern city of Naples. Schools here have remained closed longer than the rest of the country, in part because the president of the wider Campania region, Vincenzo De Luca, insisted they were a potential source of infection. At one point, he mocked the notion that children in his region were “crying to go to school.” Between Se
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 14 APRIL 2021: A view of Scampia from the Melissa Bassi high school in Scampia, a district in the outskirts of Naples, Italy, on April 14th 2021. Teachers at the Melissa Bassi high school had made significant progress in getting local children into school through art projects, workshops and personal tutoring. The challenge is enormous as there is no phone reception in some of the neighborhood’s most neglected housing projects, children are often crammed with multiple family members into a few rooms, and are easily discouraged, teachers said.<br />
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Even before the coronavirus pandemic, Italy had among the highest dropout rates in the European Union. But over the last year it has kept its schools at least in part closed about three times longer than France, and more than Spain or Germany and just about all other member states, severing a lifeline for some of the most challenged children and fueling fears of an education crisis.<br />
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Experts argued that by at least partially closing its schools for 35 weeks, Italy, already lagging behind the rest of Europe in key educational indicators and hoping for a strong post-pandemic recovery, had threatened its long term prospects. The country with Europe’s oldest population has risked leaving behind its youth, which is its greatest and rarest resource.<br />
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While it is too early for reliable statistics, teachers, principals, advocates and social workers say they have seen a sharp increase in the number of students falling out of the system. Even those who stayed in are clearly falling behind.<br />
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The problem is especially acute around the southern city of Naples. Schools here have remained closed longer than the rest of the country, in part because the president of the wider Campania region, Vincenzo De Luca, insisted they were a potential source of infection. At one point, he mocked the notion that children in his region were “crying to go to school.” Between September and January, high school students in Naples onl
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 15 APRIL 2021: A view of the "Sails" housing project in Scampia, a district in the outskirts of Naples known across Italy as a tough place plagued for years by the Camorra mafia, is seen here in Naples, Italy, on April 15th 2021. <br />
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Even before the coronavirus pandemic, Italy had among the highest dropout rates in the European Union. But over the last year it has kept its schools at least in part closed about three times longer than France, and more than Spain or Germany and just about all other member states, severing a lifeline for some of the most challenged children and fueling fears of an education crisis.<br />
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Experts argued that by at least partially closing its schools for 35 weeks, Italy, already lagging behind the rest of Europe in key educational indicators and hoping for a strong post-pandemic recovery, had threatened its long term prospects. The country with Europe’s oldest population has risked leaving behind its youth, which is its greatest and rarest resource.<br />
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While it is too early for reliable statistics, teachers, principals, advocates and social workers say they have seen a sharp increase in the number of students falling out of the system. Even those who stayed in are clearly falling behind.<br />
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The problem is especially acute around the southern city of Naples. Schools here have remained closed longer than the rest of the country, in part because the president of the wider Campania region, Vincenzo De Luca, insisted they were a potential source of infection. At one point, he mocked the notion that children in his region were “crying to go to school.” Between September and January, high school students in Naples only physically went to school for 27 days, according to the humanitarian organization Save the Children, a national low. In Naples, the dropout rate is about 20 percent, twice the European average and in the city’s outskirts it is even higher. Teachers there have struggled to keep students interested in school, and wo
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 15 APRIL 2021: A view of the "Sails" housing project in Scampia, a district in the outskirts of Naples known across Italy as a tough place plagued for years by the Camorra mafia, is seen here in Naples, Italy, on April 15th 2021. <br />
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Even before the coronavirus pandemic, Italy had among the highest dropout rates in the European Union. But over the last year it has kept its schools at least in part closed about three times longer than France, and more than Spain or Germany and just about all other member states, severing a lifeline for some of the most challenged children and fueling fears of an education crisis.<br />
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Experts argued that by at least partially closing its schools for 35 weeks, Italy, already lagging behind the rest of Europe in key educational indicators and hoping for a strong post-pandemic recovery, had threatened its long term prospects. The country with Europe’s oldest population has risked leaving behind its youth, which is its greatest and rarest resource.<br />
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While it is too early for reliable statistics, teachers, principals, advocates and social workers say they have seen a sharp increase in the number of students falling out of the system. Even those who stayed in are clearly falling behind.<br />
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The problem is especially acute around the southern city of Naples. Schools here have remained closed longer than the rest of the country, in part because the president of the wider Campania region, Vincenzo De Luca, insisted they were a potential source of infection. At one point, he mocked the notion that children in his region were “crying to go to school.” Between September and January, high school students in Naples only physically went to school for 27 days, according to the humanitarian organization Save the Children, a national low. In Naples, the dropout rate is about 20 percent, twice the European average and in the city’s outskirts it is even higher. Teachers there have struggled to keep students interested in school, and wo
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 15 APRIL 2021: Francesco Uccello (48) is seen here teaching an Italian online class on the smartphone of his third grade student Antonia Sivero (13), in her room in Ponticelli, a district in the outskirts of Naples, Italy, on April 15th 2021. <br />
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Even before the coronavirus pandemic, Italy had among the highest dropout rates in the European Union. But over the last year it has kept its schools at least in part closed about three times longer than France, and more than Spain or Germany and just about all other member states, severing a lifeline for some of the most challenged children and fueling fears of an education crisis.<br />
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Experts argued that by at least partially closing its schools for 35 weeks, Italy, already lagging behind the rest of Europe in key educational indicators and hoping for a strong post-pandemic recovery, had threatened its long term prospects. The country with Europe’s oldest population has risked leaving behind its youth, which is its greatest and rarest resource.<br />
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While it is too early for reliable statistics, teachers, principals, advocates and social workers say they have seen a sharp increase in the number of students falling out of the system. Even those who stayed in are clearly falling behind.<br />
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The problem is especially acute around the southern city of Naples. Schools here have remained closed longer than the rest of the country, in part because the president of the wider Campania region, Vincenzo De Luca, insisted they were a potential source of infection. At one point, he mocked the notion that children in his region were “crying to go to school.” Between September and January, high school students in Naples only physically went to school for 27 days, according to the humanitarian organization Save the Children, a national low. In Naples, the dropout rate is about 20 percent, twice the European average and in the city’s outskirts it is even higher. Teachers there have struggled to keep students interested in s
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 15 APRIL 2021: Antonia Sivero (13), a third grade student, attends an online Italian class held by her teacher Francesco Uccello in Ponticelli, a district in the outskirts of Naples, Italy, on April 15th 2021. <br />
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Even before the coronavirus pandemic, Italy had among the highest dropout rates in the European Union. But over the last year it has kept its schools at least in part closed about three times longer than France, and more than Spain or Germany and just about all other member states, severing a lifeline for some of the most challenged children and fueling fears of an education crisis.<br />
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Experts argued that by at least partially closing its schools for 35 weeks, Italy, already lagging behind the rest of Europe in key educational indicators and hoping for a strong post-pandemic recovery, had threatened its long term prospects. The country with Europe’s oldest population has risked leaving behind its youth, which is its greatest and rarest resource.<br />
<br />
While it is too early for reliable statistics, teachers, principals, advocates and social workers say they have seen a sharp increase in the number of students falling out of the system. Even those who stayed in are clearly falling behind.<br />
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The problem is especially acute around the southern city of Naples. Schools here have remained closed longer than the rest of the country, in part because the president of the wider Campania region, Vincenzo De Luca, insisted they were a potential source of infection. At one point, he mocked the notion that children in his region were “crying to go to school.” Between September and January, high school students in Naples only physically went to school for 27 days, according to the humanitarian organization Save the Children, a national low. In Naples, the dropout rate is about 20 percent, twice the European average and in the city’s outskirts it is even higher. Teachers there have struggled to keep students interested in school, and worry that months of c
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 15 APRIL 2021: Antonia Sivero (13), a third grade student, attends an online Italian class held by her teacher Francesco Uccello in Ponticelli, a district in the outskirts of Naples, Italy, on April 15th 2021. <br />
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Even before the coronavirus pandemic, Italy had among the highest dropout rates in the European Union. But over the last year it has kept its schools at least in part closed about three times longer than France, and more than Spain or Germany and just about all other member states, severing a lifeline for some of the most challenged children and fueling fears of an education crisis.<br />
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Experts argued that by at least partially closing its schools for 35 weeks, Italy, already lagging behind the rest of Europe in key educational indicators and hoping for a strong post-pandemic recovery, had threatened its long term prospects. The country with Europe’s oldest population has risked leaving behind its youth, which is its greatest and rarest resource.<br />
<br />
While it is too early for reliable statistics, teachers, principals, advocates and social workers say they have seen a sharp increase in the number of students falling out of the system. Even those who stayed in are clearly falling behind.<br />
<br />
The problem is especially acute around the southern city of Naples. Schools here have remained closed longer than the rest of the country, in part because the president of the wider Campania region, Vincenzo De Luca, insisted they were a potential source of infection. At one point, he mocked the notion that children in his region were “crying to go to school.” Between September and January, high school students in Naples only physically went to school for 27 days, according to the humanitarian organization Save the Children, a national low. In Naples, the dropout rate is about 20 percent, twice the European average and in the city’s outskirts it is even higher. Teachers there have struggled to keep students interested in school, and worry that months of c
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 14 APRIL 2021: Giordano Francesco (16, right), who risks dropping out of school, poses for a portrait in Scampia, a district in the outskirts of Naples, Italy, on April 14th 2021. Giordano said he often fell asleep, grew bored and frustrated with the online classes he followed on his phone. He got into arguments with teachers because he often logged off to help his grandfather, who has Alzheimer’s disease, eat or use the bathroom. His mother, who left school at ten and lost her job as a theater cleaner during the pandemic, asked him to finish the school year. He said he would, and then drop out.<br />
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Even before the coronavirus pandemic, Italy had among the highest dropout rates in the European Union. But over the last year it has kept its schools at least in part closed about three times longer than France, and more than Spain or Germany and just about all other member states, severing a lifeline for some of the most challenged children and fueling fears of an education crisis.<br />
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Experts argued that by at least partially closing its schools for 35 weeks, Italy, already lagging behind the rest of Europe in key educational indicators and hoping for a strong post-pandemic recovery, had threatened its long term prospects. The country with Europe’s oldest population has risked leaving behind its youth, which is its greatest and rarest resource.<br />
<br />
While it is too early for reliable statistics, teachers, principals, advocates and social workers say they have seen a sharp increase in the number of students falling out of the system. Even those who stayed in are clearly falling behind.<br />
<br />
The problem is especially acute around the southern city of Naples. Schools here have remained closed longer than the rest of the country, in part because the president of the wider Campania region, Vincenzo De Luca, insisted they were a potential source of infection. At one point, he mocked the notion that children in his region were “crying to go to school.” Between Se
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 14 APRIL 2021: Giordano Francesco (16), who risks dropping out of school, poses for a portrait in Scampia, a district in the outskirts of Naples, Italy, on April 14th 2021. Giordano said he often fell asleep, grew bored and frustrated with the online classes he followed on his phone. He got into arguments with teachers because he often logged off to help his grandfather, who has Alzheimer’s disease, eat or use the bathroom. His mother, who left school at ten and lost her job as a theater cleaner during the pandemic, asked him to finish the school year. He said he would, and then drop out.<br />
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Even before the coronavirus pandemic, Italy had among the highest dropout rates in the European Union. But over the last year it has kept its schools at least in part closed about three times longer than France, and more than Spain or Germany and just about all other member states, severing a lifeline for some of the most challenged children and fueling fears of an education crisis.<br />
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Experts argued that by at least partially closing its schools for 35 weeks, Italy, already lagging behind the rest of Europe in key educational indicators and hoping for a strong post-pandemic recovery, had threatened its long term prospects. The country with Europe’s oldest population has risked leaving behind its youth, which is its greatest and rarest resource.<br />
<br />
While it is too early for reliable statistics, teachers, principals, advocates and social workers say they have seen a sharp increase in the number of students falling out of the system. Even those who stayed in are clearly falling behind.<br />
<br />
The problem is especially acute around the southern city of Naples. Schools here have remained closed longer than the rest of the country, in part because the president of the wider Campania region, Vincenzo De Luca, insisted they were a potential source of infection. At one point, he mocked the notion that children in his region were “crying to go to school.” Between September
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 14 APRIL 2021: Giordano Francesco (16), who risks dropping out of school, poses for a portrait in Scampia, a district in the outskirts of Naples, Italy, on April 14th 2021. Giordano said he often fell asleep, grew bored and frustrated with the online classes he followed on his phone. He got into arguments with teachers because he often logged off to help his grandfather, who has Alzheimer’s disease, eat or use the bathroom. His mother, who left school at ten and lost her job as a theater cleaner during the pandemic, asked him to finish the school year. He said he would, and then drop out.<br />
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Even before the coronavirus pandemic, Italy had among the highest dropout rates in the European Union. But over the last year it has kept its schools at least in part closed about three times longer than France, and more than Spain or Germany and just about all other member states, severing a lifeline for some of the most challenged children and fueling fears of an education crisis.<br />
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Experts argued that by at least partially closing its schools for 35 weeks, Italy, already lagging behind the rest of Europe in key educational indicators and hoping for a strong post-pandemic recovery, had threatened its long term prospects. The country with Europe’s oldest population has risked leaving behind its youth, which is its greatest and rarest resource.<br />
<br />
While it is too early for reliable statistics, teachers, principals, advocates and social workers say they have seen a sharp increase in the number of students falling out of the system. Even those who stayed in are clearly falling behind.<br />
<br />
The problem is especially acute around the southern city of Naples. Schools here have remained closed longer than the rest of the country, in part because the president of the wider Campania region, Vincenzo De Luca, insisted they were a potential source of infection. At one point, he mocked the notion that children in his region were “crying to go to school.” Between September
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 14 APRIL 2021: Marika Iorio (15), posese for a portrait in Scampia, a district in the outskirts of Naples, Italy, on April 14th 2021.  She intends to stay in school, graduate, and become a psychologist. But she was struggling to follow school online and failing her classes. “I am scared I might not make it,” she said.<br />
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Even before the coronavirus pandemic, Italy had among the highest dropout rates in the European Union. But over the last year it has kept its schools at least in part closed about three times longer than France, and more than Spain or Germany and just about all other member states, severing a lifeline for some of the most challenged children and fueling fears of an education crisis.<br />
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Experts argued that by at least partially closing its schools for 35 weeks, Italy, already lagging behind the rest of Europe in key educational indicators and hoping for a strong post-pandemic recovery, had threatened its long term prospects. The country with Europe’s oldest population has risked leaving behind its youth, which is its greatest and rarest resource.<br />
<br />
While it is too early for reliable statistics, teachers, principals, advocates and social workers say they have seen a sharp increase in the number of students falling out of the system. Even those who stayed in are clearly falling behind.<br />
<br />
The problem is especially acute around the southern city of Naples. Schools here have remained closed longer than the rest of the country, in part because the president of the wider Campania region, Vincenzo De Luca, insisted they were a potential source of infection. At one point, he mocked the notion that children in his region were “crying to go to school.” Between September and January, high school students in Naples only physically went to school for 27 days, according to the humanitarian organization Save the Children, a national low. In Naples, the dropout rate is about 20 percent, twice the European average and in the city’s outskirts i
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 14 APRIL 2021: Teenagers are seen here on a scooter in Scampia, a district in the outskirts of Naples, Italy, on April 14th 2021. <br />
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Even before the coronavirus pandemic, Italy had among the highest dropout rates in the European Union. But over the last year it has kept its schools at least in part closed about three times longer than France, and more than Spain or Germany and just about all other member states, severing a lifeline for some of the most challenged children and fueling fears of an education crisis.<br />
<br />
Experts argued that by at least partially closing its schools for 35 weeks, Italy, already lagging behind the rest of Europe in key educational indicators and hoping for a strong post-pandemic recovery, had threatened its long term prospects. The country with Europe’s oldest population has risked leaving behind its youth, which is its greatest and rarest resource.<br />
<br />
While it is too early for reliable statistics, teachers, principals, advocates and social workers say they have seen a sharp increase in the number of students falling out of the system. Even those who stayed in are clearly falling behind.<br />
<br />
The problem is especially acute around the southern city of Naples. Schools here have remained closed longer than the rest of the country, in part because the president of the wider Campania region, Vincenzo De Luca, insisted they were a potential source of infection. At one point, he mocked the notion that children in his region were “crying to go to school.” Between September and January, high school students in Naples only physically went to school for 27 days, according to the humanitarian organization Save the Children, a national low. In Naples, the dropout rate is about 20 percent, twice the European average and in the city’s outskirts it is even higher. Teachers there have struggled to keep students interested in school, and worry that months of closed classrooms would shut students out for good.
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 14 APRIL 2021: Teenagers are seen here on a scooter in Scampia, a district in the outskirts of Naples, Italy, on April 14th 2021. <br />
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Even before the coronavirus pandemic, Italy had among the highest dropout rates in the European Union. But over the last year it has kept its schools at least in part closed about three times longer than France, and more than Spain or Germany and just about all other member states, severing a lifeline for some of the most challenged children and fueling fears of an education crisis.<br />
<br />
Experts argued that by at least partially closing its schools for 35 weeks, Italy, already lagging behind the rest of Europe in key educational indicators and hoping for a strong post-pandemic recovery, had threatened its long term prospects. The country with Europe’s oldest population has risked leaving behind its youth, which is its greatest and rarest resource.<br />
<br />
While it is too early for reliable statistics, teachers, principals, advocates and social workers say they have seen a sharp increase in the number of students falling out of the system. Even those who stayed in are clearly falling behind.<br />
<br />
The problem is especially acute around the southern city of Naples. Schools here have remained closed longer than the rest of the country, in part because the president of the wider Campania region, Vincenzo De Luca, insisted they were a potential source of infection. At one point, he mocked the notion that children in his region were “crying to go to school.” Between September and January, high school students in Naples only physically went to school for 27 days, according to the humanitarian organization Save the Children, a national low. In Naples, the dropout rate is about 20 percent, twice the European average and in the city’s outskirts it is even higher. Teachers there have struggled to keep students interested in school, and worry that months of closed classrooms would shut students out for good.
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 14 APRIL 2021: Matteo Cantalino (16), who risks dropping out of  school, poses for a portrait in Scampia, a district in the outskirts of Naples, Italy, on April 14th 2021. Matteo said he was failing and got left back with online classes. He'd like to go back to school when they re-open, but he's not sure he will be able to. He'd like to finish his studies and go to college.<br />
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Even before the coronavirus pandemic, Italy had among the highest dropout rates in the European Union. But over the last year it has kept its schools at least in part closed about three times longer than France, and more than Spain or Germany and just about all other member states, severing a lifeline for some of the most challenged children and fueling fears of an education crisis.<br />
<br />
Experts argued that by at least partially closing its schools for 35 weeks, Italy, already lagging behind the rest of Europe in key educational indicators and hoping for a strong post-pandemic recovery, had threatened its long term prospects. The country with Europe’s oldest population has risked leaving behind its youth, which is its greatest and rarest resource.<br />
<br />
While it is too early for reliable statistics, teachers, principals, advocates and social workers say they have seen a sharp increase in the number of students falling out of the system. Even those who stayed in are clearly falling behind.<br />
<br />
The problem is especially acute around the southern city of Naples. Schools here have remained closed longer than the rest of the country, in part because the president of the wider Campania region, Vincenzo De Luca, insisted they were a potential source of infection. At one point, he mocked the notion that children in his region were “crying to go to school.” Between September and January, high school students in Naples only physically went to school for 27 days, according to the humanitarian organization Save the Children, a national low. In Naples, the dropout rate is about 20 percent, twice
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 14 APRIL 2021: Matteo Cantalino (16), who risks dropping out of  school, poses for a portrait in Scampia, a district in the outskirts of Naples, Italy, on April 14th 2021. Matteo said he was failing and got left back with online classes. He'd like to go back to school when they re-open, but he's not sure he will be able to. He'd like to finish his studies and go to college.<br />
<br />
Even before the coronavirus pandemic, Italy had among the highest dropout rates in the European Union. But over the last year it has kept its schools at least in part closed about three times longer than France, and more than Spain or Germany and just about all other member states, severing a lifeline for some of the most challenged children and fueling fears of an education crisis.<br />
<br />
Experts argued that by at least partially closing its schools for 35 weeks, Italy, already lagging behind the rest of Europe in key educational indicators and hoping for a strong post-pandemic recovery, had threatened its long term prospects. The country with Europe’s oldest population has risked leaving behind its youth, which is its greatest and rarest resource.<br />
<br />
While it is too early for reliable statistics, teachers, principals, advocates and social workers say they have seen a sharp increase in the number of students falling out of the system. Even those who stayed in are clearly falling behind.<br />
<br />
The problem is especially acute around the southern city of Naples. Schools here have remained closed longer than the rest of the country, in part because the president of the wider Campania region, Vincenzo De Luca, insisted they were a potential source of infection. At one point, he mocked the notion that children in his region were “crying to go to school.” Between September and January, high school students in Naples only physically went to school for 27 days, according to the humanitarian organization Save the Children, a national low. In Naples, the dropout rate is about 20 percent, twice
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 14 APRIL 2021: Matteo Cantalino (16), who risks dropping out of  school, poses for a portrait in Scampia, a district in the outskirts of Naples, Italy, on April 14th 2021. Matteo said he was failing and got left back with online classes. He'd like to go back to school when they re-open, but he's not sure he will be able to. He'd like to finish his studies and go to college.<br />
<br />
Even before the coronavirus pandemic, Italy had among the highest dropout rates in the European Union. But over the last year it has kept its schools at least in part closed about three times longer than France, and more than Spain or Germany and just about all other member states, severing a lifeline for some of the most challenged children and fueling fears of an education crisis.<br />
<br />
Experts argued that by at least partially closing its schools for 35 weeks, Italy, already lagging behind the rest of Europe in key educational indicators and hoping for a strong post-pandemic recovery, had threatened its long term prospects. The country with Europe’s oldest population has risked leaving behind its youth, which is its greatest and rarest resource.<br />
<br />
While it is too early for reliable statistics, teachers, principals, advocates and social workers say they have seen a sharp increase in the number of students falling out of the system. Even those who stayed in are clearly falling behind.<br />
<br />
The problem is especially acute around the southern city of Naples. Schools here have remained closed longer than the rest of the country, in part because the president of the wider Campania region, Vincenzo De Luca, insisted they were a potential source of infection. At one point, he mocked the notion that children in his region were “crying to go to school.” Between September and January, high school students in Naples only physically went to school for 27 days, according to the humanitarian organization Save the Children, a national low. In Naples, the dropout rate is about 20 percent, twice
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 14 APRIL 2021: Matteo Cantalino (16), who risks dropping out of  school, poses for a portrait in Scampia, a district in the outskirts of Naples, Italy, on April 14th 2021. Matteo said he was failing and got left back with online classes. He'd like to go back to school when they re-open, but he's not sure he will be able to. He'd like to finish his studies and go to college.<br />
<br />
Even before the coronavirus pandemic, Italy had among the highest dropout rates in the European Union. But over the last year it has kept its schools at least in part closed about three times longer than France, and more than Spain or Germany and just about all other member states, severing a lifeline for some of the most challenged children and fueling fears of an education crisis.<br />
<br />
Experts argued that by at least partially closing its schools for 35 weeks, Italy, already lagging behind the rest of Europe in key educational indicators and hoping for a strong post-pandemic recovery, had threatened its long term prospects. The country with Europe’s oldest population has risked leaving behind its youth, which is its greatest and rarest resource.<br />
<br />
While it is too early for reliable statistics, teachers, principals, advocates and social workers say they have seen a sharp increase in the number of students falling out of the system. Even those who stayed in are clearly falling behind.<br />
<br />
The problem is especially acute around the southern city of Naples. Schools here have remained closed longer than the rest of the country, in part because the president of the wider Campania region, Vincenzo De Luca, insisted they were a potential source of infection. At one point, he mocked the notion that children in his region were “crying to go to school.” Between September and January, high school students in Naples only physically went to school for 27 days, according to the humanitarian organization Save the Children, a national low. In Naples, the dropout rate is about 20 percent, twice
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 14 APRIL 2021: A view of the "Sails" housing project in Scampia, a district in the outskirts of Naples known across Italy as a tough place plagued for years by the Camorra mafia, is seen here in Naples, Italy, on April 14th 2021. <br />
<br />
Even before the coronavirus pandemic, Italy had among the highest dropout rates in the European Union. But over the last year it has kept its schools at least in part closed about three times longer than France, and more than Spain or Germany and just about all other member states, severing a lifeline for some of the most challenged children and fueling fears of an education crisis.<br />
<br />
Experts argued that by at least partially closing its schools for 35 weeks, Italy, already lagging behind the rest of Europe in key educational indicators and hoping for a strong post-pandemic recovery, had threatened its long term prospects. The country with Europe’s oldest population has risked leaving behind its youth, which is its greatest and rarest resource.<br />
<br />
While it is too early for reliable statistics, teachers, principals, advocates and social workers say they have seen a sharp increase in the number of students falling out of the system. Even those who stayed in are clearly falling behind.<br />
<br />
The problem is especially acute around the southern city of Naples. Schools here have remained closed longer than the rest of the country, in part because the president of the wider Campania region, Vincenzo De Luca, insisted they were a potential source of infection. At one point, he mocked the notion that children in his region were “crying to go to school.” Between September and January, high school students in Naples only physically went to school for 27 days, according to the humanitarian organization Save the Children, a national low. In Naples, the dropout rate is about 20 percent, twice the European average and in the city’s outskirts it is even higher. Teachers there have struggled to keep students interested in school, and wo
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 14 APRIL 2021: A view of the "Sails" housing project in Scampia, a district in the outskirts of Naples known across Italy as a tough place plagued for years by the Camorra mafia, is seen here in Naples, Italy, on April 14th 2021. <br />
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Even before the coronavirus pandemic, Italy had among the highest dropout rates in the European Union. But over the last year it has kept its schools at least in part closed about three times longer than France, and more than Spain or Germany and just about all other member states, severing a lifeline for some of the most challenged children and fueling fears of an education crisis.<br />
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Experts argued that by at least partially closing its schools for 35 weeks, Italy, already lagging behind the rest of Europe in key educational indicators and hoping for a strong post-pandemic recovery, had threatened its long term prospects. The country with Europe’s oldest population has risked leaving behind its youth, which is its greatest and rarest resource.<br />
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While it is too early for reliable statistics, teachers, principals, advocates and social workers say they have seen a sharp increase in the number of students falling out of the system. Even those who stayed in are clearly falling behind.<br />
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The problem is especially acute around the southern city of Naples. Schools here have remained closed longer than the rest of the country, in part because the president of the wider Campania region, Vincenzo De Luca, insisted they were a potential source of infection. At one point, he mocked the notion that children in his region were “crying to go to school.” Between September and January, high school students in Naples only physically went to school for 27 days, according to the humanitarian organization Save the Children, a national low. In Naples, the dropout rate is about 20 percent, twice the European average and in the city’s outskirts it is even higher. Teachers there have struggled to keep students interested in school, and wo
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 14 APRIL 2021: Carmela Petillo (51), a math teacher at the "Melissa Bassi" high school, poses for a portrait in the high school  in Scampia, a district in the outskirts of Naples, Italy, on April 14th 2021. Teachers at the Melissa Bassi high school had made significant progress in getting local children into school through art projects, workshops and personal tutoring. The challenge is enormous as there is no phone reception in some of the neighborhood’s most neglected housing projects, children are often crammed with multiple family members into a few rooms, and are easily discouraged, teachers said.<br />
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Even before the coronavirus pandemic, Italy had among the highest dropout rates in the European Union. But over the last year it has kept its schools at least in part closed about three times longer than France, and more than Spain or Germany and just about all other member states, severing a lifeline for some of the most challenged children and fueling fears of an education crisis.<br />
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Experts argued that by at least partially closing its schools for 35 weeks, Italy, already lagging behind the rest of Europe in key educational indicators and hoping for a strong post-pandemic recovery, had threatened its long term prospects. The country with Europe’s oldest population has risked leaving behind its youth, which is its greatest and rarest resource.<br />
<br />
While it is too early for reliable statistics, teachers, principals, advocates and social workers say they have seen a sharp increase in the number of students falling out of the system. Even those who stayed in are clearly falling behind.<br />
<br />
The problem is especially acute around the southern city of Naples. Schools here have remained closed longer than the rest of the country, in part because the president of the wider Campania region, Vincenzo De Luca, insisted they were a potential source of infection. At one point, he mocked the notion that children in his region were “crying to go to school.” Betw
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 14 APRIL 2021: Marta Compagnone (36), head of school dropouts at the "Melissa Bassi" high school, poses for a portrait in the high school  in Scampia, a district in the outskirts of Naples, Italy, on April 14th 2021. Teachers at the Melissa Bassi high school had made significant progress in getting local children into school through art projects, workshops and personal tutoring. The challenge is enormous as there is no phone reception in some of the neighborhood’s most neglected housing projects, children are often crammed with multiple family members into a few rooms, and are easily discouraged, teachers said.<br />
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Even before the coronavirus pandemic, Italy had among the highest dropout rates in the European Union. But over the last year it has kept its schools at least in part closed about three times longer than France, and more than Spain or Germany and just about all other member states, severing a lifeline for some of the most challenged children and fueling fears of an education crisis.<br />
<br />
Experts argued that by at least partially closing its schools for 35 weeks, Italy, already lagging behind the rest of Europe in key educational indicators and hoping for a strong post-pandemic recovery, had threatened its long term prospects. The country with Europe’s oldest population has risked leaving behind its youth, which is its greatest and rarest resource.<br />
<br />
While it is too early for reliable statistics, teachers, principals, advocates and social workers say they have seen a sharp increase in the number of students falling out of the system. Even those who stayed in are clearly falling behind.<br />
<br />
The problem is especially acute around the southern city of Naples. Schools here have remained closed longer than the rest of the country, in part because the president of the wider Campania region, Vincenzo De Luca, insisted they were a potential source of infection. At one point, he mocked the notion that children in his region were “crying to go to schoo
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 14 APRIL 2021: Domenico Mazzella Di Bosco (57), principal of the "Melissa Bassi" high school, walks up the stairs of the school in Scampia, a district in the outskirts of Naples, Italy, on April 14th 2021. Teachers at the Melissa Bassi high school had made significant progress in getting local children into school through art projects, workshops and personal tutoring. The challenge is enormous as there is no phone reception in some of the neighborhood’s most neglected housing projects, children are often crammed with multiple family members into a few rooms, and are easily discouraged, teachers said.<br />
<br />
Even before the coronavirus pandemic, Italy had among the highest dropout rates in the European Union. But over the last year it has kept its schools at least in part closed about three times longer than France, and more than Spain or Germany and just about all other member states, severing a lifeline for some of the most challenged children and fueling fears of an education crisis.<br />
<br />
Experts argued that by at least partially closing its schools for 35 weeks, Italy, already lagging behind the rest of Europe in key educational indicators and hoping for a strong post-pandemic recovery, had threatened its long term prospects. The country with Europe’s oldest population has risked leaving behind its youth, which is its greatest and rarest resource.<br />
<br />
While it is too early for reliable statistics, teachers, principals, advocates and social workers say they have seen a sharp increase in the number of students falling out of the system. Even those who stayed in are clearly falling behind.<br />
<br />
The problem is especially acute around the southern city of Naples. Schools here have remained closed longer than the rest of the country, in part because the president of the wider Campania region, Vincenzo De Luca, insisted they were a potential source of infection. At one point, he mocked the notion that children in his region were “crying to go to school.” Betwe
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 14 APRIL 2021: An empty classroom is seen here at the "Melissa Bassi" high school in Scampia, a district in the outskirts of Naples, Italy, on April 14th 2021. Teachers at the Melissa Bassi high school had made significant progress in getting local children into school through art projects, workshops and personal tutoring. The challenge is enormous as there is no phone reception in some of the neighborhood’s most neglected housing projects, children are often crammed with multiple family members into a few rooms, and are easily discouraged, teachers said.<br />
<br />
Even before the coronavirus pandemic, Italy had among the highest dropout rates in the European Union. But over the last year it has kept its schools at least in part closed about three times longer than France, and more than Spain or Germany and just about all other member states, severing a lifeline for some of the most challenged children and fueling fears of an education crisis.<br />
<br />
Experts argued that by at least partially closing its schools for 35 weeks, Italy, already lagging behind the rest of Europe in key educational indicators and hoping for a strong post-pandemic recovery, had threatened its long term prospects. The country with Europe’s oldest population has risked leaving behind its youth, which is its greatest and rarest resource.<br />
<br />
While it is too early for reliable statistics, teachers, principals, advocates and social workers say they have seen a sharp increase in the number of students falling out of the system. Even those who stayed in are clearly falling behind.<br />
<br />
The problem is especially acute around the southern city of Naples. Schools here have remained closed longer than the rest of the country, in part because the president of the wider Campania region, Vincenzo De Luca, insisted they were a potential source of infection. At one point, he mocked the notion that children in his region were “crying to go to school.” Between September and January, high school students
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 14 APRIL 2021: An interoir view of the  "Melissa Bassi" high school in Scampia, a district in the outskirts of Naples, Italy, on April 14th 2021. Teachers at the Melissa Bassi high school had made significant progress in getting local children into school through art projects, workshops and personal tutoring. The challenge is enormous as there is no phone reception in some of the neighborhood’s most neglected housing projects, children are often crammed with multiple family members into a few rooms, and are easily discouraged, teachers said.<br />
<br />
Even before the coronavirus pandemic, Italy had among the highest dropout rates in the European Union. But over the last year it has kept its schools at least in part closed about three times longer than France, and more than Spain or Germany and just about all other member states, severing a lifeline for some of the most challenged children and fueling fears of an education crisis.<br />
<br />
Experts argued that by at least partially closing its schools for 35 weeks, Italy, already lagging behind the rest of Europe in key educational indicators and hoping for a strong post-pandemic recovery, had threatened its long term prospects. The country with Europe’s oldest population has risked leaving behind its youth, which is its greatest and rarest resource.<br />
<br />
While it is too early for reliable statistics, teachers, principals, advocates and social workers say they have seen a sharp increase in the number of students falling out of the system. Even those who stayed in are clearly falling behind.<br />
<br />
The problem is especially acute around the southern city of Naples. Schools here have remained closed longer than the rest of the country, in part because the president of the wider Campania region, Vincenzo De Luca, insisted they were a potential source of infection. At one point, he mocked the notion that children in his region were “crying to go to school.” Between September and January, high school students in Naples onl
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 14 APRIL 2021: (R-L) Angela Esposito (33) and her two sons Francesco Saturno (13) and Angelo (10) are seen here at home in Ponticelli, a district in the outskirts of Naples, Italy, on April 14th 2021. Francesco spent his mornings helping in his grandfather’s fruit shop, sleeping in or glued to his Playstation. He only twice logged on to his online class. His mother, Angela Esposito, 33, who herself dropped out of high school, worried that he might leave school and follow in the footsteps of his father, who earns tips of loose change for babysitting parked cars in Naples. “I am scared that if he doesn’t go to school he is going to get lost,” she said. “And getting lost in Naples is dangerous.”<br />
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Even before the coronavirus pandemic, Italy had among the highest dropout rates in the European Union. But over the last year it has kept its schools at least in part closed about three times longer than France, and more than Spain or Germany and just about all other member states, severing a lifeline for some of the most challenged children and fueling fears of an education crisis.<br />
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Experts argued that by at least partially closing its schools for 35 weeks, Italy, already lagging behind the rest of Europe in key educational indicators and hoping for a strong post-pandemic recovery, had threatened its long term prospects. The country with Europe’s oldest population has risked leaving behind its youth, which is its greatest and rarest resource.<br />
<br />
While it is too early for reliable statistics, teachers, principals, advocates and social workers say they have seen a sharp increase in the number of students falling out of the system. Even those who stayed in are clearly falling behind.<br />
<br />
The problem is especially acute around the southern city of Naples. Schools here have remained closed longer than the rest of the country, in part because the president of the wider Campania region, Vincenzo De Luca, insisted they were a potential source of infection.
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 14 APRIL 2021: Francesco Saturno, a 13 years old third grade student, posese for a portrait at his home in Ponticelli, a district in the outskirts of Naples, Italy, on April 14th 2021. Francesco spent his mornings helping in his grandfather’s fruit shop, sleeping in or glued to his Playstation. He only twice logged on to his online class. His mother, Angela Esposito, 33, who herself dropped out of high school, worried that he might leave school and follow in the footsteps of his father, who earns tips of loose change for babysitting parked cars in Naples. “I am scared that if he doesn’t go to school he is going to get lost,” she said. “And getting lost in Naples is dangerous.”<br />
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Even before the coronavirus pandemic, Italy had among the highest dropout rates in the European Union. But over the last year it has kept its schools at least in part closed about three times longer than France, and more than Spain or Germany and just about all other member states, severing a lifeline for some of the most challenged children and fueling fears of an education crisis.<br />
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Experts argued that by at least partially closing its schools for 35 weeks, Italy, already lagging behind the rest of Europe in key educational indicators and hoping for a strong post-pandemic recovery, had threatened its long term prospects. The country with Europe’s oldest population has risked leaving behind its youth, which is its greatest and rarest resource.<br />
<br />
While it is too early for reliable statistics, teachers, principals, advocates and social workers say they have seen a sharp increase in the number of students falling out of the system. Even those who stayed in are clearly falling behind.<br />
<br />
The problem is especially acute around the southern city of Naples. Schools here have remained closed longer than the rest of the country, in part because the president of the wider Campania region, Vincenzo De Luca, insisted they were a potential source of infection. At one point, h
    CIPG_20210414_NYT_Italy-Dropouts_A73...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 14 APRIL 2021: Francesco Saturno, a 13 years old third grade student, posese for a portrait at his home in Ponticelli, a district in the outskirts of Naples, Italy, on April 14th 2021. Francesco spent his mornings helping in his grandfather’s fruit shop, sleeping in or glued to his Playstation. He only twice logged on to his online class. His mother, Angela Esposito, 33, who herself dropped out of high school, worried that he might leave school and follow in the footsteps of his father, who earns tips of loose change for babysitting parked cars in Naples. “I am scared that if he doesn’t go to school he is going to get lost,” she said. “And getting lost in Naples is dangerous.”<br />
<br />
Even before the coronavirus pandemic, Italy had among the highest dropout rates in the European Union. But over the last year it has kept its schools at least in part closed about three times longer than France, and more than Spain or Germany and just about all other member states, severing a lifeline for some of the most challenged children and fueling fears of an education crisis.<br />
<br />
Experts argued that by at least partially closing its schools for 35 weeks, Italy, already lagging behind the rest of Europe in key educational indicators and hoping for a strong post-pandemic recovery, had threatened its long term prospects. The country with Europe’s oldest population has risked leaving behind its youth, which is its greatest and rarest resource.<br />
<br />
While it is too early for reliable statistics, teachers, principals, advocates and social workers say they have seen a sharp increase in the number of students falling out of the system. Even those who stayed in are clearly falling behind.<br />
<br />
The problem is especially acute around the southern city of Naples. Schools here have remained closed longer than the rest of the country, in part because the president of the wider Campania region, Vincenzo De Luca, insisted they were a potential source of infection. At one point, h
    CIPG_20210414_NYT_Italy-Dropouts_A73...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 14 APRIL 2021: Francesco Saturno, a 13 years old third grade, is seen here at home in Ponticelli, a district in the outskirts of Naples, Italy, on April 14th 2021. Francesco spent his mornings helping in his grandfather’s fruit shop, sleeping in or glued to his Playstation. He only twice logged on to his online class. His mother, Angela Esposito, 33, who herself dropped out of high school, worried that he might leave school and follow in the footsteps of his father, who earns tips of loose change for babysitting parked cars in Naples. “I am scared that if he doesn’t go to school he is going to get lost,” she said. “And getting lost in Naples is dangerous.”<br />
<br />
Even before the coronavirus pandemic, Italy had among the highest dropout rates in the European Union. But over the last year it has kept its schools at least in part closed about three times longer than France, and more than Spain or Germany and just about all other member states, severing a lifeline for some of the most challenged children and fueling fears of an education crisis.<br />
<br />
Experts argued that by at least partially closing its schools for 35 weeks, Italy, already lagging behind the rest of Europe in key educational indicators and hoping for a strong post-pandemic recovery, had threatened its long term prospects. The country with Europe’s oldest population has risked leaving behind its youth, which is its greatest and rarest resource.<br />
<br />
While it is too early for reliable statistics, teachers, principals, advocates and social workers say they have seen a sharp increase in the number of students falling out of the system. Even those who stayed in are clearly falling behind.<br />
<br />
The problem is especially acute around the southern city of Naples. Schools here have remained closed longer than the rest of the country, in part because the president of the wider Campania region, Vincenzo De Luca, insisted they were a potential source of infection. At one point, he mocked the notion t
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 14 APRIL 2021: Francesco Saturno, a 13 years old third grade student, spends time on his smartphone on his bed, where he also sits to rarely attend online school classes, at home in Ponticelli, a district in the outskirts of Naples, Italy, on April 14th 2021. Francesco spent his mornings helping in his grandfather’s fruit shop, sleeping in or glued to his Playstation. He only twice logged on to his online class. His mother, Angela Esposito, 33, who herself dropped out of high school, worried that he might leave school and follow in the footsteps of his father, who earns tips of loose change for babysitting parked cars in Naples. “I am scared that if he doesn’t go to school he is going to get lost,” she said. “And getting lost in Naples is dangerous.”<br />
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Even before the coronavirus pandemic, Italy had among the highest dropout rates in the European Union. But over the last year it has kept its schools at least in part closed about three times longer than France, and more than Spain or Germany and just about all other member states, severing a lifeline for some of the most challenged children and fueling fears of an education crisis.<br />
<br />
Experts argued that by at least partially closing its schools for 35 weeks, Italy, already lagging behind the rest of Europe in key educational indicators and hoping for a strong post-pandemic recovery, had threatened its long term prospects. The country with Europe’s oldest population has risked leaving behind its youth, which is its greatest and rarest resource.<br />
<br />
While it is too early for reliable statistics, teachers, principals, advocates and social workers say they have seen a sharp increase in the number of students falling out of the system. Even those who stayed in are clearly falling behind.<br />
<br />
The problem is especially acute around the southern city of Naples. Schools here have remained closed longer than the rest of the country, in part because the president of the wider Campania region, Vincenzo D
    CIPG_20210414_NYT_Italy-Dropouts_A73...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 14 APRIL 2021: Francesco Saturno, a 13 years old third grade student, spends time on his smartphone on his bed, where he also sits to rarely attend online school classes, at home in Ponticelli, a district in the outskirts of Naples, Italy, on April 14th 2021. Francesco spent his mornings helping in his grandfather’s fruit shop, sleeping in or glued to his Playstation. He only twice logged on to his online class. His mother, Angela Esposito, 33, who herself dropped out of high school, worried that he might leave school and follow in the footsteps of his father, who earns tips of loose change for babysitting parked cars in Naples. “I am scared that if he doesn’t go to school he is going to get lost,” she said. “And getting lost in Naples is dangerous.”<br />
<br />
Even before the coronavirus pandemic, Italy had among the highest dropout rates in the European Union. But over the last year it has kept its schools at least in part closed about three times longer than France, and more than Spain or Germany and just about all other member states, severing a lifeline for some of the most challenged children and fueling fears of an education crisis.<br />
<br />
Experts argued that by at least partially closing its schools for 35 weeks, Italy, already lagging behind the rest of Europe in key educational indicators and hoping for a strong post-pandemic recovery, had threatened its long term prospects. The country with Europe’s oldest population has risked leaving behind its youth, which is its greatest and rarest resource.<br />
<br />
While it is too early for reliable statistics, teachers, principals, advocates and social workers say they have seen a sharp increase in the number of students falling out of the system. Even those who stayed in are clearly falling behind.<br />
<br />
The problem is especially acute around the southern city of Naples. Schools here have remained closed longer than the rest of the country, in part because the president of the wider Campania region, Vincenzo D
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 14 APRIL 2021: (R-L) Francesca Nardi (16) and Rosa Trotto (17), two soon-to-be school dropouts, pose for a portrait in Ponticelli, a district in the outskirts of Naples, Italy, on April 14th 2021. Francesca Nardi lamented her online classes. She is failing, likely to get left back, and would likely drop out. “It’s better if I just work,” Ms. Nardi, 15, said. “And not waste another year.”<br />
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Even before the coronavirus pandemic, Italy had among the highest dropout rates in the European Union. But over the last year it has kept its schools at least in part closed about three times longer than France, and more than Spain or Germany and just about all other member states, severing a lifeline for some of the most challenged children and fueling fears of an education crisis.<br />
<br />
Experts argued that by at least partially closing its schools for 35 weeks, Italy, already lagging behind the rest of Europe in key educational indicators and hoping for a strong post-pandemic recovery, had threatened its long term prospects. The country with Europe’s oldest population has risked leaving behind its youth, which is its greatest and rarest resource.<br />
<br />
While it is too early for reliable statistics, teachers, principals, advocates and social workers say they have seen a sharp increase in the number of students falling out of the system. Even those who stayed in are clearly falling behind.<br />
<br />
The problem is especially acute around the southern city of Naples. Schools here have remained closed longer than the rest of the country, in part because the president of the wider Campania region, Vincenzo De Luca, insisted they were a potential source of infection. At one point, he mocked the notion that children in his region were “crying to go to school.” Between September and January, high school students in Naples only physically went to school for 27 days, according to the humanitarian organization Save the Children, a national low. In Naples, the dropout rate is
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 14 APRIL 2021: (R-L) Francesca Nardi (16) and Rosa Trotto (17), two soon-to-be school dropouts, are seen here in Ponticelli, a district in the outskirts of Naples, Italy, on April 14th 2021. Francesca Nardi lamented her online classes. She is failing, likely to get left back, and would likely drop out. “It’s better if I just work,” Ms. Nardi, 15, said. “And not waste another year.”<br />
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Even before the coronavirus pandemic, Italy had among the highest dropout rates in the European Union. But over the last year it has kept its schools at least in part closed about three times longer than France, and more than Spain or Germany and just about all other member states, severing a lifeline for some of the most challenged children and fueling fears of an education crisis.<br />
<br />
Experts argued that by at least partially closing its schools for 35 weeks, Italy, already lagging behind the rest of Europe in key educational indicators and hoping for a strong post-pandemic recovery, had threatened its long term prospects. The country with Europe’s oldest population has risked leaving behind its youth, which is its greatest and rarest resource.<br />
<br />
While it is too early for reliable statistics, teachers, principals, advocates and social workers say they have seen a sharp increase in the number of students falling out of the system. Even those who stayed in are clearly falling behind.<br />
<br />
The problem is especially acute around the southern city of Naples. Schools here have remained closed longer than the rest of the country, in part because the president of the wider Campania region, Vincenzo De Luca, insisted they were a potential source of infection. At one point, he mocked the notion that children in his region were “crying to go to school.” Between September and January, high school students in Naples only physically went to school for 27 days, according to the humanitarian organization Save the Children, a national low. In Naples, the dropout rate is about
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 14 APRIL 2021: A mother and her two daughters walk in Ponticelli. a district in the outskirts of Naples, Italy, on April 14th 2021. <br />
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Even before the coronavirus pandemic, Italy had among the highest dropout rates in the European Union. But over the last year it has kept its schools at least in part closed about three times longer than France, and more than Spain or Germany and just about all other member states, severing a lifeline for some of the most challenged children and fueling fears of an education crisis.<br />
<br />
Experts argued that by at least partially closing its schools for 35 weeks, Italy, already lagging behind the rest of Europe in key educational indicators and hoping for a strong post-pandemic recovery, had threatened its long term prospects. The country with Europe’s oldest population has risked leaving behind its youth, which is its greatest and rarest resource.<br />
<br />
While it is too early for reliable statistics, teachers, principals, advocates and social workers say they have seen a sharp increase in the number of students falling out of the system. Even those who stayed in are clearly falling behind.<br />
<br />
The problem is especially acute around the southern city of Naples. Schools here have remained closed longer than the rest of the country, in part because the president of the wider Campania region, Vincenzo De Luca, insisted they were a potential source of infection. At one point, he mocked the notion that children in his region were “crying to go to school.” Between September and January, high school students in Naples only physically went to school for 27 days, according to the humanitarian organization Save the Children, a national low. In Naples, the dropout rate is about 20 percent, twice the European average and in the city’s outskirts it is even higher. Teachers there have struggled to keep students interested in school, and worry that months of closed classrooms would shut students out for good.
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 14 APRIL 2021: A student walks in the hallway of the "Melissa Bassi" middle school in Ponticelli, a district in the outskirts of  Naples, Italy, on April 14th 2021. Over the past months, the school has organised workshop to get the local kids, who were most likely to not attend the online classes, come to school and build solid personal relationships with the teachers. <br />
<br />
Even before the coronavirus pandemic, Italy had among the highest dropout rates in the European Union. But over the last year it has kept its schools at least in part closed about three times longer than France, and more than Spain or Germany and just about all other member states, severing a lifeline for some of the most challenged children and fueling fears of an education crisis.<br />
<br />
Experts argued that by at least partially closing its schools for 35 weeks, Italy, already lagging behind the rest of Europe in key educational indicators and hoping for a strong post-pandemic recovery, had threatened its long term prospects. The country with Europe’s oldest population has risked leaving behind its youth, which is its greatest and rarest resource.<br />
<br />
While it is too early for reliable statistics, teachers, principals, advocates and social workers say they have seen a sharp increase in the number of students falling out of the system. Even those who stayed in are clearly falling behind.<br />
<br />
The problem is especially acute around the southern city of Naples. Schools here have remained closed longer than the rest of the country, in part because the president of the wider Campania region, Vincenzo De Luca, insisted they were a potential source of infection. At one point, he mocked the notion that children in his region were “crying to go to school.” Between September and January, high school students in Naples only physically went to school for 27 days, according to the humanitarian organization Save the Children, a national low. In Naples, the dropout rate is about 20 percent, twice the
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 14 APRIL 2021: Francesco Uccello (48), an Italian teacher, poses for a potrait at the "Melissa Bassi" middle school in Ponticelli, a district in the outskirts of  Naples, Italy, on April 14th 2021. “Here parents have a hard time considering school as something important in life,” he said, “The kids don’t have anyone telling them to wake up for class.”  Over the past months, the school has also organised workshop to get the local kids, who were most likely to not attend the online classes, come to school and build solid personal relationships with the teachers. <br />
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Even before the coronavirus pandemic, Italy had among the highest dropout rates in the European Union. But over the last year it has kept its schools at least in part closed about three times longer than France, and more than Spain or Germany and just about all other member states, severing a lifeline for some of the most challenged children and fueling fears of an education crisis.<br />
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Experts argued that by at least partially closing its schools for 35 weeks, Italy, already lagging behind the rest of Europe in key educational indicators and hoping for a strong post-pandemic recovery, had threatened its long term prospects. The country with Europe’s oldest population has risked leaving behind its youth, which is its greatest and rarest resource.<br />
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While it is too early for reliable statistics, teachers, principals, advocates and social workers say they have seen a sharp increase in the number of students falling out of the system. Even those who stayed in are clearly falling behind.<br />
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The problem is especially acute around the southern city of Naples. Schools here have remained closed longer than the rest of the country, in part because the president of the wider Campania region, Vincenzo De Luca, insisted they were a potential source of infection. At one point, he mocked the notion that children in his region were “crying to go to school.” Between September and January, high s
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 14 APRIL 2021: Francesco Uccello (48), an Italian teacher, poses for a potrait at the "Melissa Bassi" middle school in Ponticelli, a district in the outskirts of  Naples, Italy, on April 14th 2021. “Here parents have a hard time considering school as something important in life,” he said, “The kids don’t have anyone telling them to wake up for class.”  Over the past months, the school has also organised workshop to get the local kids, who were most likely to not attend the online classes, come to school and build solid personal relationships with the teachers. <br />
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Even before the coronavirus pandemic, Italy had among the highest dropout rates in the European Union. But over the last year it has kept its schools at least in part closed about three times longer than France, and more than Spain or Germany and just about all other member states, severing a lifeline for some of the most challenged children and fueling fears of an education crisis.<br />
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Experts argued that by at least partially closing its schools for 35 weeks, Italy, already lagging behind the rest of Europe in key educational indicators and hoping for a strong post-pandemic recovery, had threatened its long term prospects. The country with Europe’s oldest population has risked leaving behind its youth, which is its greatest and rarest resource.<br />
<br />
While it is too early for reliable statistics, teachers, principals, advocates and social workers say they have seen a sharp increase in the number of students falling out of the system. Even those who stayed in are clearly falling behind.<br />
<br />
The problem is especially acute around the southern city of Naples. Schools here have remained closed longer than the rest of the country, in part because the president of the wider Campania region, Vincenzo De Luca, insisted they were a potential source of infection. At one point, he mocked the notion that children in his region were “crying to go to school.” Between September and January, high s
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 14 APRIL 2021: Francesco Uccello (48), an Italian teacher, is seen here at the "Melissa Bassi" middle school in Ponticelli, a district in the outskirts of  Naples, Italy, on April 14th 2021. “Here parents have a hard time considering school as something important in life,” he said, “The kids don’t have anyone telling them to wake up for class.”  Over the past months, the school has also organised workshop to get the local kids, who were most likely to not attend the online classes, come to school and build solid personal relationships with the teachers.<br />
Even before the coronavirus pandemic, Italy had among the highest dropout rates in the European Union. But over the last year it has kept its schools at least in part closed about three times longer than France, and more than Spain or Germany and just about all other member states, severing a lifeline for some of the most challenged children and fueling fears of an education crisis.<br />
<br />
Experts argued that by at least partially closing its schools for 35 weeks, Italy, already lagging behind the rest of Europe in key educational indicators and hoping for a strong post-pandemic recovery, had threatened its long term prospects. The country with Europe’s oldest population has risked leaving behind its youth, which is its greatest and rarest resource.<br />
<br />
While it is too early for reliable statistics, teachers, principals, advocates and social workers say they have seen a sharp increase in the number of students falling out of the system. Even those who stayed in are clearly falling behind.<br />
<br />
The problem is especially acute around the southern city of Naples. Schools here have remained closed longer than the rest of the country, in part because the president of the wider Campania region, Vincenzo De Luca, insisted they were a potential source of infection. At one point, he mocked the notion that children in his region were “crying to go to school.” Between September and January, high school stu
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 14 APRIL 2021: Francesco Uccello (48), an Italian teacher, is seen here teaching an online class to his third grade students at the "Melissa Bassi" middle school in Ponticelli, a district in the outskirts of  Naples, Italy, on April 14th 2021. “Here parents have a hard time considering school as something important in life,” he said, “The kids don’t have anyone telling them to wake up for class.”  Over the past months, the school has also organised workshop to get the local kids, who were most likely to not attend the online classes, come to school and build solid personal relationships with the teachers. <br />
<br />
Even before the coronavirus pandemic, Italy had among the highest dropout rates in the European Union. But over the last year it has kept its schools at least in part closed about three times longer than France, and more than Spain or Germany and just about all other member states, severing a lifeline for some of the most challenged children and fueling fears of an education crisis.<br />
<br />
Experts argued that by at least partially closing its schools for 35 weeks, Italy, already lagging behind the rest of Europe in key educational indicators and hoping for a strong post-pandemic recovery, had threatened its long term prospects. The country with Europe’s oldest population has risked leaving behind its youth, which is its greatest and rarest resource.<br />
<br />
While it is too early for reliable statistics, teachers, principals, advocates and social workers say they have seen a sharp increase in the number of students falling out of the system. Even those who stayed in are clearly falling behind.<br />
<br />
The problem is especially acute around the southern city of Naples. Schools here have remained closed longer than the rest of the country, in part because the president of the wider Campania region, Vincenzo De Luca, insisted they were a potential source of infection. At one point, he mocked the notion that children in his region were “crying to go to sc
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 14 APRIL 2021: Third grade students are seen here at the "Melissa Bassi" middle school in Ponticelli, a district in the outskirts of  Naples, Italy, on April 14th 2021. Over the past months, the school has organised workshop to get the local kids, who were most likely to not attend the online classes, come to school and build solid personal relationships with the teachers. <br />
<br />
Even before the coronavirus pandemic, Italy had among the highest dropout rates in the European Union. But over the last year it has kept its schools at least in part closed about three times longer than France, and more than Spain or Germany and just about all other member states, severing a lifeline for some of the most challenged children and fueling fears of an education crisis.<br />
<br />
Experts argued that by at least partially closing its schools for 35 weeks, Italy, already lagging behind the rest of Europe in key educational indicators and hoping for a strong post-pandemic recovery, had threatened its long term prospects. The country with Europe’s oldest population has risked leaving behind its youth, which is its greatest and rarest resource.<br />
<br />
While it is too early for reliable statistics, teachers, principals, advocates and social workers say they have seen a sharp increase in the number of students falling out of the system. Even those who stayed in are clearly falling behind.<br />
<br />
The problem is especially acute around the southern city of Naples. Schools here have remained closed longer than the rest of the country, in part because the president of the wider Campania region, Vincenzo De Luca, insisted they were a potential source of infection. At one point, he mocked the notion that children in his region were “crying to go to school.” Between September and January, high school students in Naples only physically went to school for 27 days, according to the humanitarian organization Save the Children, a national low. In Naples, the dropout rate is about 20 percent, twice
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 14 APRIL 2021: Francesco Uccello (48), an Italian teacher, is seen here teaching an online class to his third grade students at the "Melissa Bassi" middle school in Ponticelli, a district in the outskirts of  Naples, Italy, on April 14th 2021. “Here parents have a hard time considering school as something important in life,” he said, “The kids don’t have anyone telling them to wake up for class.”  Over the past months, the school has also organised workshop to get the local kids, who were most likely to not attend the online classes, come to school and build solid personal relationships with the teachers. <br />
<br />
Even before the coronavirus pandemic, Italy had among the highest dropout rates in the European Union. But over the last year it has kept its schools at least in part closed about three times longer than France, and more than Spain or Germany and just about all other member states, severing a lifeline for some of the most challenged children and fueling fears of an education crisis.<br />
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Experts argued that by at least partially closing its schools for 35 weeks, Italy, already lagging behind the rest of Europe in key educational indicators and hoping for a strong post-pandemic recovery, had threatened its long term prospects. The country with Europe’s oldest population has risked leaving behind its youth, which is its greatest and rarest resource.<br />
<br />
While it is too early for reliable statistics, teachers, principals, advocates and social workers say they have seen a sharp increase in the number of students falling out of the system. Even those who stayed in are clearly falling behind.<br />
<br />
The problem is especially acute around the southern city of Naples. Schools here have remained closed longer than the rest of the country, in part because the president of the wider Campania region, Vincenzo De Luca, insisted they were a potential source of infection. At one point, he mocked the notion that children in his region were “crying to go to sc
    CIPG_20210414_NYT_Italy-Dropouts_A73...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 14 APRIL 2021: Francesco Uccello (48), an Italian teacher, is seen here teaching an online class to his third grade students at the "Melissa Bassi" middle school in Ponticelli, a district in the outskirts of  Naples, Italy, on April 14th 2021. “Here parents have a hard time considering school as something important in life,” he said, “The kids don’t have anyone telling them to wake up for class.”  Over the past months, the school has also organised workshop to get the local kids, who were most likely to not attend the online classes, come to school and build solid personal relationships with the teachers. <br />
<br />
Even before the coronavirus pandemic, Italy had among the highest dropout rates in the European Union. But over the last year it has kept its schools at least in part closed about three times longer than France, and more than Spain or Germany and just about all other member states, severing a lifeline for some of the most challenged children and fueling fears of an education crisis.<br />
<br />
Experts argued that by at least partially closing its schools for 35 weeks, Italy, already lagging behind the rest of Europe in key educational indicators and hoping for a strong post-pandemic recovery, had threatened its long term prospects. The country with Europe’s oldest population has risked leaving behind its youth, which is its greatest and rarest resource.<br />
<br />
While it is too early for reliable statistics, teachers, principals, advocates and social workers say they have seen a sharp increase in the number of students falling out of the system. Even those who stayed in are clearly falling behind.<br />
<br />
The problem is especially acute around the southern city of Naples. Schools here have remained closed longer than the rest of the country, in part because the president of the wider Campania region, Vincenzo De Luca, insisted they were a potential source of infection. At one point, he mocked the notion that children in his region were “crying to go to sc
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 14 APRIL 2021: Francesco Saturno, 1 13 years old third grade student, is seen here at the "Melissa Bassi" middle school in Ponticelli, a district in the outskirts of  Naples, Italy, on April 14th 2021. Over the past months, the school has organised workshop to get the local kids, who were most likely to not attend the online classes, come to school and build solid personal relationships with the teachers. Francesco Saturno spent his mornings helping in his grandfather’s fruit shop, sleeping in or glued to his Playstation. He only twice logged on to his online class. His mother, Angela Esposito, 33, who herself dropped out of high school, worried that he might leave school and follow in the footsteps of his father, who earns tips of loose change for babysitting parked cars in Naples. “I am scared that if he doesn’t go to school he is going to get lost,” she said. “And getting lost in Naples is dangerous.”<br />
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Even before the coronavirus pandemic, Italy had among the highest dropout rates in the European Union. But over the last year it has kept its schools at least in part closed about three times longer than France, and more than Spain or Germany and just about all other member states, severing a lifeline for some of the most challenged children and fueling fears of an education crisis.<br />
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Experts argued that by at least partially closing its schools for 35 weeks, Italy, already lagging behind the rest of Europe in key educational indicators and hoping for a strong post-pandemic recovery, had threatened its long term prospects. The country with Europe’s oldest population has risked leaving behind its youth, which is its greatest and rarest resource.<br />
<br />
While it is too early for reliable statistics, teachers, principals, advocates and social workers say they have seen a sharp increase in the number of students falling out of the system. Even those who stayed in are clearly falling behind.<br />
<br />
The problem is especially acute around the southern
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 14 APRIL 2021: A third grade student is seen here at the "Melissa Bassi" middle school in Ponticelli, a district in the outskirts of  Naples, Italy, on April 14th 2021. Over the past months, the school has organised workshop to get the local kids, who were most likely to not attend the online classes, come to school and build solid personal relationships with the teachers. <br />
<br />
Even before the coronavirus pandemic, Italy had among the highest dropout rates in the European Union. But over the last year it has kept its schools at least in part closed about three times longer than France, and more than Spain or Germany and just about all other member states, severing a lifeline for some of the most challenged children and fueling fears of an education crisis.<br />
<br />
Experts argued that by at least partially closing its schools for 35 weeks, Italy, already lagging behind the rest of Europe in key educational indicators and hoping for a strong post-pandemic recovery, had threatened its long term prospects. The country with Europe’s oldest population has risked leaving behind its youth, which is its greatest and rarest resource.<br />
<br />
While it is too early for reliable statistics, teachers, principals, advocates and social workers say they have seen a sharp increase in the number of students falling out of the system. Even those who stayed in are clearly falling behind.<br />
<br />
The problem is especially acute around the southern city of Naples. Schools here have remained closed longer than the rest of the country, in part because the president of the wider Campania region, Vincenzo De Luca, insisted they were a potential source of infection. At one point, he mocked the notion that children in his region were “crying to go to school.” Between September and January, high school students in Naples only physically went to school for 27 days, according to the humanitarian organization Save the Children, a national low. In Naples, the dropout rate is about 20 percent, twice
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 15 APRIL 2021: A view of the "Sails" housing project in Scampia, a district in the outskirts of Naples known across Italy as a tough place plagued for years by the Camorra mafia, is seen here in Naples, Italy, on April 15th 2021. <br />
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Even before the coronavirus pandemic, Italy had among the highest dropout rates in the European Union. But over the last year it has kept its schools at least in part closed about three times longer than France, and more than Spain or Germany and just about all other member states, severing a lifeline for some of the most challenged children and fueling fears of an education crisis.<br />
<br />
Experts argued that by at least partially closing its schools for 35 weeks, Italy, already lagging behind the rest of Europe in key educational indicators and hoping for a strong post-pandemic recovery, had threatened its long term prospects. The country with Europe’s oldest population has risked leaving behind its youth, which is its greatest and rarest resource.<br />
<br />
While it is too early for reliable statistics, teachers, principals, advocates and social workers say they have seen a sharp increase in the number of students falling out of the system. Even those who stayed in are clearly falling behind.<br />
<br />
The problem is especially acute around the southern city of Naples. Schools here have remained closed longer than the rest of the country, in part because the president of the wider Campania region, Vincenzo De Luca, insisted they were a potential source of infection. At one point, he mocked the notion that children in his region were “crying to go to school.” Between September and January, high school students in Naples only physically went to school for 27 days, according to the humanitarian organization Save the Children, a national low. In Naples, the dropout rate is about 20 percent, twice the European average and in the city’s outskirts it is even higher. Teachers there have struggled to keep students interested in school, and wo
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 15 APRIL 2021: A view of the "Sails" housing project in Scampia, a district in the outskirts of Naples known across Italy as a tough place plagued for years by the Camorra mafia, is seen here in Naples, Italy, on April 15th 2021. <br />
<br />
Even before the coronavirus pandemic, Italy had among the highest dropout rates in the European Union. But over the last year it has kept its schools at least in part closed about three times longer than France, and more than Spain or Germany and just about all other member states, severing a lifeline for some of the most challenged children and fueling fears of an education crisis.<br />
<br />
Experts argued that by at least partially closing its schools for 35 weeks, Italy, already lagging behind the rest of Europe in key educational indicators and hoping for a strong post-pandemic recovery, had threatened its long term prospects. The country with Europe’s oldest population has risked leaving behind its youth, which is its greatest and rarest resource.<br />
<br />
While it is too early for reliable statistics, teachers, principals, advocates and social workers say they have seen a sharp increase in the number of students falling out of the system. Even those who stayed in are clearly falling behind.<br />
<br />
The problem is especially acute around the southern city of Naples. Schools here have remained closed longer than the rest of the country, in part because the president of the wider Campania region, Vincenzo De Luca, insisted they were a potential source of infection. At one point, he mocked the notion that children in his region were “crying to go to school.” Between September and January, high school students in Naples only physically went to school for 27 days, according to the humanitarian organization Save the Children, a national low. In Naples, the dropout rate is about 20 percent, twice the European average and in the city’s outskirts it is even higher. Teachers there have struggled to keep students interested in school, and wo
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 15 APRIL 2021: Salvatore Sivero (41) and his daughter Concetta are seen here in the kitchen while his other daughter Antonia attends an online class in Ponticelli, a district in the outskirts of Naples, Italy, on April 15th 2021. <br />
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Even before the coronavirus pandemic, Italy had among the highest dropout rates in the European Union. But over the last year it has kept its schools at least in part closed about three times longer than France, and more than Spain or Germany and just about all other member states, severing a lifeline for some of the most challenged children and fueling fears of an education crisis.<br />
<br />
Experts argued that by at least partially closing its schools for 35 weeks, Italy, already lagging behind the rest of Europe in key educational indicators and hoping for a strong post-pandemic recovery, had threatened its long term prospects. The country with Europe’s oldest population has risked leaving behind its youth, which is its greatest and rarest resource.<br />
<br />
While it is too early for reliable statistics, teachers, principals, advocates and social workers say they have seen a sharp increase in the number of students falling out of the system. Even those who stayed in are clearly falling behind.<br />
<br />
The problem is especially acute around the southern city of Naples. Schools here have remained closed longer than the rest of the country, in part because the president of the wider Campania region, Vincenzo De Luca, insisted they were a potential source of infection. At one point, he mocked the notion that children in his region were “crying to go to school.” Between September and January, high school students in Naples only physically went to school for 27 days, according to the humanitarian organization Save the Children, a national low. In Naples, the dropout rate is about 20 percent, twice the European average and in the city’s outskirts it is even higher. Teachers there have struggled to keep students interested in school, and wo
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 15 APRIL 2021: Antonia Sivero (13), a third grade student, attends an online Italian class held by her teacher Francesco Uccello in Ponticelli, a district in the outskirts of Naples, Italy, on April 15th 2021. <br />
<br />
Even before the coronavirus pandemic, Italy had among the highest dropout rates in the European Union. But over the last year it has kept its schools at least in part closed about three times longer than France, and more than Spain or Germany and just about all other member states, severing a lifeline for some of the most challenged children and fueling fears of an education crisis.<br />
<br />
Experts argued that by at least partially closing its schools for 35 weeks, Italy, already lagging behind the rest of Europe in key educational indicators and hoping for a strong post-pandemic recovery, had threatened its long term prospects. The country with Europe’s oldest population has risked leaving behind its youth, which is its greatest and rarest resource.<br />
<br />
While it is too early for reliable statistics, teachers, principals, advocates and social workers say they have seen a sharp increase in the number of students falling out of the system. Even those who stayed in are clearly falling behind.<br />
<br />
The problem is especially acute around the southern city of Naples. Schools here have remained closed longer than the rest of the country, in part because the president of the wider Campania region, Vincenzo De Luca, insisted they were a potential source of infection. At one point, he mocked the notion that children in his region were “crying to go to school.” Between September and January, high school students in Naples only physically went to school for 27 days, according to the humanitarian organization Save the Children, a national low. In Naples, the dropout rate is about 20 percent, twice the European average and in the city’s outskirts it is even higher. Teachers there have struggled to keep students interested in school, and worry that months of c
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