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    'People think it's magic': how one of Brazil's poorest cities gets its best school results

    The children of Sobral have overcome disadvantage to top 5,000 districts. Now their success is being replicated across the country
    by Sarah Johnson in Sobral, Brazil Mar 25, 2020 3 minutes
    The city of Sobral has been working hardfor 23 years to turn around children’s education. Photograph: Educação de Sobral

    As you approach the city of Sobral in north-east Brazil, the road worsens. Huge pot holes slow traffic to a crawl. The heat is suffocating, even worse when there is no cloud cover.

    Sobral is poor. Jobs are scarce, salaries meagre, gangs the only option for many. For children, it’s a tough start to life. Ana Farias, headteacher of an early-years school in a low-income neighbourhood controlled by a gang, knows this only too well. Some of her students wouldn’t eat if

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