"We can no longer talk about rescue without reform. My job is to develop a vision for reforms that won’t come from above, but from the ground, from schools, from teachers…"In her first meeting with a small group of journalists on Friday, Education and Higher Education Minister Rima Karami set the tone for her tenure. Her mandate — lasting one year and three months — will not focus on implementing reforms but on laying the groundwork for them. "Our government is here to lay the foundations," she said, echoing Prime Minister Nawaf Salam. Read more Seven things to know about Salam's government Meanwhile, she aims to restore a ministry weakened by successive crises and a growing rift between the government and the educational community. Her priorities include assessing the ministry’s structure, diagnosing its operations and "digitizing...