Here is how it works at London Towne Elementary School in Centreville,Virginia, outside Washington.

VOA: special.2010.06.17

"We in Italy,or in Europe,I think, we have a more free environment, if I can say this, because we are in touch with a lot of different things that are outside the school.

VOA: special.2009.11.05

The school's director, Raphael St.Hilare, says students outside Port-au-Prince have suffered a trauma, even if their communities escaped damage in the earthquake.

VOA: standard.2010.02.01