Whatever happened to the floating schools of Bangladesh?

It was a light bulb moment: If monsoon rains keep kids from safely getting to school, let's create a floating school to pick them up! Bangladesh pioneered the idea. How's it doing?

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/2559x1440+0+0/resize/2559x1440!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F5e%2Fd8%2F9755f1ae4c2a94335dca1c42c2e1%2Ffloating-schools-01.jpg' alt='Hosne Ara teaches a group of fourth graders, seated on benches inside the floating school's classroom.'/><p>It was a light bulb moment: If monsoon rains keep kids from safely getting to school, let's create a floating school to pick them up! Bangladesh pioneered the idea. How's it doing?</p><p>(Image credit: Ali Asif Shawon for NPR)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=g-s1-141464' />