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School Year Blog: South African high school students learn radio reporting

January 16, 2014Development & Education

Over the past year, reporter Anders Kelto has profiled a public high school in Cape Town. Now, he’s not the only one asking questions and holding a microphone.

Sive (SEE-vay), a South African high school student, enjoys his new couch.

A South African teen receives an unexpected gift from America

December 30, 2013Development & Education

This is why South African schoolgirls say ‘yes’ to sex with sugar daddies

December 19, 2013Development & Education

Meet the woman behind a South African high school’s success

December 11, 2013Development & Education

Somila and Bayanda are students at COSAT, a Cape Town high school

South African teens — those ‘born free’ — talk about Mandela

December 6, 2013Development & Education

School Year Blog: What do South African kids know about JFK?

November 21, 2013Development & Education

We recently asked high school students in Cape Town, South Africa, this question: Who was JFK? Here is what they said.

School Year Blog: South African students meet a NASA scientist

November 20, 2013Development & Education

What happens when students from a low-income high school in Cape Town meet a NASA scientist? Let’s just say the scientist may have been a little caught off guard.

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

November 19, 2013Development & Education

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

Students at COSAT shave each other's heads

School Year: A dress code to keep the ‘gangsters’ away

November 7, 2013Development & Education

Boys at COSAT often spend a lot of time on their hair. But what happens when teachers decide their hairstyles are a threat to student safety?

Ninth grade COSAT students work on a problem in math class.

School Year Blog: Why This Series?

November 5, 2013Development & 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?