A leading Dutch road safety organisation is urging parents and carers to stop driving children to school when walking or...‘Please don’t drive your children to school’, Dutch parents told
With 897 million school children around the world affected by disruptions to their education, senior officials from UNICEF and the...Time for school: UNICEF & the European Union ring the bell
Cities can work to enhance access to public parks, gardens and open spaces, with dedicated and semi-dedicated areas for young...Reimagining Indian cities for the youngest residents
EUDIGIT e-book aims to help bridge digital gap in cities
Six EU cities are promoting a new e-book aimed at helping share innovative ways to involve young people in digitalisation and promote the sense of European citizenshipRead more
I am a principal in NYC. I appreciate everyone who works in my school building now more than ever.
Back on campus, it’s impossible not to feel grateful — and hopeful.Read more
Annual report highlights Bernard van Leer Foundation’s 2020 achievements
The Bernard van Leer Foundation’s Annual Report 2020 highlights how it responded to support the needs of infants, toddlers and caregivers during Covid-19 restrictionsRead more
Children in poverty will be focus of new Vancouver ‘data dashboard’
Children who live below the poverty line in Vancouver are one of the key focus areas of a new open data dashboard tracking the city’s progress against health and wellbeing indicators.Read more
Maltese children consulted on open spaces in their communities
More than 900 Maltese children were consulted on open spaces in their communities, between 2019 and 2020.Read more
Council of Europe: EU states must ‘intensify their efforts to protect children’s privacy in the COVID-era digital world’
EU countries have been told they must improve safeguarding measures in processing personal data of children, notably that which is health-related and also collected in education settings.Read more
How teachers remember their own childhoods affects how they challenge school inequities
Teachers, like many of us, remember moments of achievement, schoolyard games and making mistakes as children. Often teachers draw on childhood memories to explain why they wanted to enter their profession. Teachers may hold memories...Read more
Policymakers ‘must learn to harness the value of children learning through play’
Learning through the experience of play can be a major help in closing achievement gaps between children at opposite ends of the social scale, according to a new report.Read more
UNICEF: Combatting the wider costs of exclusion for children with disabilities
The Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) makes clear the right of all children to be ‘full members of society’, and be included...Read more
Major study into effects of air pollution on children’s brain developmen
A grant of £300,000 has been awarded to researchers to conduct a major study into the impact of air pollution in London on children’s brain function and their mental health.Read more
Playgrounds designed with accessibility in mind make play fun for every kid
When it comes to providing play opportunities to children with disabilities, not all playgrounds are created equal.Read more