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School Year Blog: What do South African kids think it’s like in America?

Development & Education

Some people think life in America is wonderful. Others think it’s terrible. What do high school students in South Africa think?

School Year Blog: Watch this eighth-grader do math ridiculously fast

School Year Blog: Watch this eighth-grader do ridiculously fast math

Development & Education
School Year Blog: Why South African students are afraid to cut class

School Year Blog: Why South African students are afraid to cut class

Development & Education
School Year Blog: I tried to give fashion advice to a South African teenager and this is what happened

School Year Blog: I tried to give fashion advice to a South African teenager and this is what happened

Development & Education

Cell phones teach South African students

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Students at COSAT.

A year at a South African high school

Development & Education

In poor communities around the world, many kids fail at school. But some succeed. How? What obstacles do students who live in poverty face, and how do they overcome them? How do some public schools give kids a great education, despite limited resources?

A Typical Day at an Atypical South African School

The World’s Anders Kelto spent a day photographing students at the Centre of Science and Technology (COSAT) in Cape Town, South Africa. COSAT is a magnet school for high-achieving students in the densely populated township of Khayelitsha. This slideshow is part of the year-long series, TITLE TO COME.

Voters Sour on South Africa’s Ruling Party

Global Politics

South African held municipal elections Wednesday. Early results suggest that a growing number of people are becoming disenchanted with the country’s ruling party, the ANC. Anders Kelto reports.

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