by Nelson Graves | 16 Jul 2021 | African Leadership Academy, Greens Farms Academy, News Decoder Updates, Transylvania College, Youth Voices
Three students from News Decoder partner schools offered their thoughts on the future of international schools at a recent meeting of top educators. When one of the world’s prominent authorities on international schools wanted to hear students’ views on...
by Nelson Graves | 10 Jun 2021 | African Leadership Academy, Climate change, Environment, European School Brussels, Health and Wellness, News Decoder Updates, Youth Voices
A reporting project profiling youth who are fighting climate change includes two students at a News Decoder partner school in Belgium. Video of “The Writing’s on the Wall” mural being painted at the European School of Brussels II. Video by Amélie...
by Clarice Gillian Achola | 18 May 2021 | African Leadership Academy, Discovery, Educators' Catalog, Health and Wellness, Identity, Personal Reflections, Student Posts, Youth Voices
Mocked for my dark skin, I long loathed myself and yearned for a lighter complexion. But now I fight colourism and defend diversity. “Leaning away from un-African beauty standards,” by Alana Muchemi, August 2020. The author is in the yellow shirt....
by Willow Delp | 4 May 2021 | African Leadership Academy, Art, Identity, Personal Reflections, Student Posts, Youth Voices
I’m a mix of black Jamaican and white American. My distinctive identity is both a target of hatred and my weapon for fighting injustice. A demonstrator at a protest against racism in Berlin, Germany, 6 June 2020 (Friedrich...
by Elizabeth Tina Fornah, Imane El Amri, Yvan N’guettia and Varlee Fofana | 20 Apr 2021 | Africa, African Leadership Academy, Health and Wellness, Student Posts, Youth Voices
South Africa has had more cases of COVID-19 and more deaths than any African country. We asked students in South Africa how it has affected them. The COVID-19 pandemic has hit South Africa hard. It is the African country with the highest number of cases (1,566,769)...
