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Article: Teaching Fellowships in Africa Created to Honor Dr. Randy Pausch.
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- August 3, 2009
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Computer Science Educators Working in South Africa One Year Later
SAN FRANCISCO -- This past week at the LEAP Maths and Science Schools in Cape Town and Johannesburg, South Africa, the first ever Randy Pausch/Teach with Africa Fellows began teaching computer science and technology skills to high school students from the surrounding townships.
"Teach with Africa's educators, including the Randy Pausch Fellows, are working alongside South African teachers to provide a solution to the acute shortage of skills, particularly math and science, among the children of economically and socially challenged populations," explained Amy Schoew, executive director of ...