by Varlee S Fofana | 29 Mar 2022 | Africa, African Leadership Academy, Discovery, Identity, Student Posts, Youth Voices
We studied together ahead of exams. What I learned about friendship and adversity at study camp in West Africa will serve me for life. At study camp in 2019 in Kpelleh Town Community, Jacob Town, Painesville, Liberia. From left to right, Teddy Jallah, Varlee Fofana,...
by Nelson Graves | 25 Mar 2022 | Faculty in the Spotlight, News Decoder Updates, Realgymnasium Rämibühl Zürich, Students in the Spotlight
Zurich’s oldest high school wins News Decoder’s Spotlight award for its creative engagement and its students’ exemplary, multimedia work. Martin Bott (far left) with RGZH students from his Media Week class (L to R): Lucy Beckenbauer, Aruna Steineck...
by Lucy Beckenbauer | 21 Mar 2022 | Health and Wellness, Realgymnasium Rämibühl Zürich, Student Posts, Youth Voices
Cutting, burning, hitting oneself are all forms of self-harm. It’s important to grasp why young people do it and for schools to help them manage stress. (Image courtesy of the University of Oxford) If you’re a high school student in a class of 20 pupils,...
by Jeffrey Mo | 16 Mar 2022 | Conflict, Culture, Europe, Identity, Refugees, Ukraine, University of Toronto Journalism Fellows
Thousands of miles from war in Ukraine, Canadian students study the language, culture and religion of their ancestors in Eastern Europe. Protesters demonstrate against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 27 February 2022. (Jason...
by Aralynn Abare McMane | 25 Feb 2022 | Conflict, Ukraine, Youth Voices
Editors around the world explain how they’re helping kids to understand and cope with the news as Russia invades Ukraine. From News-O-Matic, by a reader named Derin A week before Russia invaded Ukraine, editor Joyce Grant at Canada’s Teaching Kids News conducted...