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The trip through East and North Africa and India took 15 Texas educators just about everywhere, from schools that looked like average American institutions to urban and rural settings where students did math on the floor using charcoal and six or more children read from one textbook.The month-long journey to study Islamic history and culture had two locals onboard: Jeffrey Lash, assistant professor of geography at the University of Houston-Clear Lake and Friendswood Councilwoman Laura Ewing, who has taught world history, politics and economics.

The trip through East and North Africa and India took 15 Texas educators just about everywhere, from schools that looked like average American institutions to urban and rural settings where students did math on the floor using charcoal and six or more children read from one textbook.The month-long journey to study Islamic history and culture had two locals onboard: Jeffrey Lash, assistant professor of geography at the University of Houston-Clear Lake and Friendswood Councilwoman Laura Ewing, who has taught world history, politics and economics.