The 2009 installment in Wide Angle’s Time for School series reenters the lives of seven students in seven different countries, offering a glimpse of the worldwide battle to get what most American children take for granted: a basic education. These riveting case studies in India, Afghanistan, Kenya, Benin, Brazil, Japan, and Romania feature young teenagers embracing academic challenges that will, with luck and hard work, prepare them for high school. Other hurdles, from school closings to slum crackdowns to violent fundamentalism, continue to disrupt hopes and dreams—forcing one child to repeat a grade, another to study on an empty stomach, and another to quit her education altogether. But a conversation with Benin-born musician and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Angélique Kidjo provides a ray of optimism.

Harry A. Sprague Library Collection

Educational sociology, Education -- Social aspects, Education -- Moral and ethical aspects, Educational law and legislation., Education, Cultural geography, Public schools, Social ecology

A Global Roll Call: The Need for Education Worldwide

Katz, Judy (writer), Katz, Judy (producer), Dhaliwal, Daljit (host), Reichman, Rachel (editor), Cuomo, Douglas J. (composer), Sutton, Mark (editor), Sanders, Jay O. (narrator), Hogan, Pamela (producer), Halper, Andy (producer), WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.) (producer)

00:56:34 (HH:MM:SS)

English

adult/continuing education, higher education, high school (grades 10-12), college

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Role	publisher
Telephone	800-257-5126
Address	200 Metro Blvd., Suite 124, Hamilton, NJ 08619
Email	[email protected]

2009-01-01

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