Author: Kelsey Myers

On a Monday morning, the parking lot at a TVET college in Gauteng reveals information that the enrollment figures do not. Students are arriving with their bags slung over their shoulders; some appear determined, while others are a little unsure. Many of them won’t come back by the end of the year. Researchers, educators, and policymakers have been observing this pattern for years without coming up with a clear solution, so it’s not an alarming observation. The foundation of South Africa’s technical and vocational education and training sector was the idea that young people should be trained in useful, employable…

Bo Nickal accomplished something that most collegiate wrestlers spend their entire careers attempting and failing to do by the time he left the mat at the 2019 NCAA Championships in Pittsburgh. three titles at the national level. Four straight trips to the finals. a 120-3 career record with 23 significant decisions, 12 technical falls, and 59 pins. The numbers are spotless, almost unsettlingly so; it’s the kind of record that leaves you wondering if the competition was really that bad or if the person who put them together was really that good. Most likely, it was the latter. In 2014,…

Many parents experience a moment when the idea of a private education ceases to feel like an aspiration and instead becomes a financial emergency, usually around the time the admissions letter arrives. Now, the fees are actual. There are numbers for the years. If there is a savings account, it appears to be much too small. Apart from purchasing a home, private school fees have grown to be one of the biggest financial commitments a family can make, and they act differently than most people anticipate. They don’t remain flat. From 2025 to 2026 alone, average fees in Australia increased…

The horns, strangers hugging on corners, and the sense that everyone in the city has finally let go after holding their breath for years are all unique aspects of New York City celebrations. That should have been the result of the Knicks winning the NBA championship for the first time since 1973. And it did for a large portion of Saturday night. “Let’s go Knicks” was blasted over loudspeakers by emergency personnel. It was compared to New Year’s Eve multiplied by twenty. Tens of thousands had already descended upon Midtown Manhattan while Jalen Brunson and his teammates were still conducting…

The difference between what kids do at a state primary school on a Friday afternoon in practically any English town often boils down to what their parents can afford. Some schools charge £84 per term for science club. French, gymnastics, and music all have their own costs and subtly divide kids into families that can afford them and those that can’t. It’s a minor, unremarkable inequality that builds up over time without making headlines. On June 13, the government unveiled Every Child Can, a £132.5 million initiative aimed at closing this kind of gap. The money, which comes from the…

A well-paying job eventually ceases to feel sufficient, usually in the late twenties. Alice Hu is familiar with that particular moment. She was employed in consumer marketing, with a respectable title, a fair salary, and a job description that doesn’t require much further explanation at family get-togethers. However, there was a persistent, quiet feeling that was similar to how a tiny stone in a shoe seems insignificant until you’ve walked three miles on it. Her restlessness eventually led her to yoga, then to silence, and finally to astrology, which poses important questions about timing, identity, and what a person is…

The 43 million Americans who currently have federal student loan debt are experiencing a kind of quiet anxiety that isn’t quite panic, but rather the constant unease of seeing regulations change more quickly than anyone can comprehend. The majority of borrowers have been instructed to keep an eye on July 1. In an effort to help people understand what’s coming, the Education Department released updated guidance last week. Although the effort is sincere, the picture it presents is so complex that even borrowers who are financially literate are having difficulty understanding it. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which President…

Operating out of Las Vegas, Silicon Valley High School has a subtle peculiarity. The address, which is a suite in a business building on South Eastern Avenue, doesn’t precisely correspond to the implied geography of the name. However, SVHS appears to have taken the notion that Silicon Valley has always been more of an idea than a location seriously. Over 114,000 students are enrolled in the school’s various programs, which was founded in 2013 by individuals who consider themselves early internet pioneers. It claims its transcripts are accepted at over 300 institutions, including all Ivy League schools, and is fully…

A picture of the gym wall, where retired jerseys and championship banners crowd the rafters in a way that feels more like biography than decoration, is circulating among Stevenson High School alumni. It’s not an official photo. Even though the building itself began with empty classrooms, no library books, and furniture that unintentionally ended up somewhere in Texas, that picture captures the essence of what this Lincolnshire, Illinois school has become over the course of sixty years. When Adlai E. Stevenson High School first opened its doors in September 1965, it had 467 pupils, 31 teachers, and no desks. The…

Somewhere in the history of high school basketball in New Jersey, there is a moment that receives far too little attention. In 1968, South Brunswick High School is defeating East Rutherford by a single point to win the Group I state championship in Atlantic City’s Convention Hall, which has over 12,000 spectators—an incredible number for a high school game. Dick Vitale, a young man, is the East Rutherford coach who is lamenting the defeat from the sidelines. He would go on to become college basketball’s most identifiable voice. Silently and without much fanfare, South Brunswick would go on to become…