Since school buildings reopened after COVID closures, I’ve heard teachers say, again and again, that the older elementary children in their classrooms are just not the same.Read more
Every weekday at 7:45 a.m., Michael Craft is notified that a ride-share driver has arrived at his home in Aurora, Colorado. Craft walks outside to confirm the driver’s identity and then helps his foster teenager...Read more
The USA-based Bloomberg Philanthropies charity is investing over (USD) $250 million to create new and revamped urban high schools that provide a pathway for students into key healthcare jobs.Read more
New York City schools have started preparing for a massive reshuffling of students as early as next month, as thousands of migrant families face a new limit on shelter stays, say education officials.Read more
Nine-year-old ‘Ameerah’ remembers when her commute to school was a five-minute walk. That was before her family left their Queens home in New York City for a shelter in another part of the borough.Read more
On a recent Friday at Gary Comer Middle School in Chicago, you had to squint to see signs of the pandemic that upended American education just a few years ago.Read more
More than 250,000 children in public primary schools in Nairobi will receive regular subsidised school meals provided by the county government. The Dishi Na County programme is Kenya’s first in an urban setting.Read more
When Duane Watts was a student at Edward Steel Elementary School in Philadelphia’s Nicetown neighbourhood more than 40 years ago, he remembers running excitedly out of his classroom for recess and being confronted with concrete.Read more
Students in Hong Kong have been giving their creative input on the ‘sustainable’ future of their schools through an innovative local and national partnership.Read more
We all know that talking and listening in large, noisy spaces (like restaurants, shopping centres or concert venues) is tough. Trying to piece together snippets of conversation with background noise is frustrating, exhausting and a...Read more
|Comment|author: Pursuit at University of Melbourne
Design Works High School, opening this autumn in downtown Brooklyn, New York City, has a mission: to create socially conscious design professionals.Read more
The Australian newspaper recently reported how some parents have been prompted to start their own schools to give their children the type of education they want.Read more
|Comment|author: The Conversation Global Perspectives
Early childhood is a critical period for brain development, which is important for boosting cognition and mental wellbeing. Good brain health at this age is directly linked to better mental heath, cognition and educational attainment...Read more
|Comment|author: The Conversation Global Perspectives