Wide Angle has unveiled its next visit with the seven children around the world it has been following since 2002.
To quote the website, "WIDE ANGLE’s unprecedented, award-winning 12-year documentary project, Time for School, returns in 2009 with visits to seven classrooms in seven countries to offer a glimpse into the lives of seven extraordinary children who are struggling to get what nearly all American kids take for granted: a basic education. We started filming in 2002, watching as kids first entered school in Afghanistan, Benin, Brazil, India, Japan, Kenya and Romania, many despite great odds. Several years later, in 2006, we returned to film an update — and now, three years later, we travel to check in on our young teenagers who are making the precarious transition to middle school." There are now three films when the students were in 1st, 4th and now 6th grade. Back to School, the second the the series, would be eye opening for our 4th graders. Joab in Kenya has 90+ students in his class!
The website is http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/time-for-school-series/introduction/4340/