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The objective of the project is to improve primary school learning and retention among children of poor and migrant families in Greater Sao Paulo in a manner that could eventually be adapted to other states. The project will support: (i) a new curricular approach and extended school day for the first two years of primary school through in-service teacher training, provision of new educational materials, more efficient school feeding programs, and school construction to allow primary schools in poor neighborhoods to operate two daytime five-hour shifts; (ii) expansion of low cost pre-primary education provided by private non-profit organizations and municipalities in poor neighborhoods; (iii) reform of the school health program to emphasize cost-effective screening, referral, and health education; (iv) the strengthening of state and municipal education authorities; and (v) evaluation studies and dissemination activities.