Reality TV goes to school.

• Position: Media - The Boarding School of Chevagnes, television series - Brief Article

They didn't eat worms, bunk with lizards, or build grass huts on a desert island. This was survival of a different kind: Twelve girls and 12 boys, ages 14 to 16, were plunged into the harsh French public school system of 50 years ago. The result was a five-part reality-television series, The Boarding School of Chevagnes, that began in September. Students relinquished cell phones, computers, CD players, and chewing gum. Boys wore short pants and short haircuts; girls wore braids and no makeup. All students donned buckled shoes and gray smocks. The goat was to pass grueling exams for a...