Why digital public infrastructure can be a gamechanger for children
In many parts of the world, the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic seems to be over and lives are back to pre-pandemic normal. This is not the case for everyone, however. The shadow cast by...Read more
‘Rebuilding Ukraine’s schools is the first step’ – Europe pledges €100 million
The simple act – for most of us – of getting our children safely to and from school is a very different story for the people of Ukraine.Read more
Five more years for child rights knowledge partnership UNICEF and Leiden University
A successful decade-long partnership between UNICEF Netherlands and the University of Leiden University which promotes knowledge about children’s rights is being extended.Read more
Putting children’s rights onto the classroom curriculum
A £700,000 cash windfall will boost a UK-wide research collaboration that looks at how the rights of children and young people can be included within mainstream teaching practice.Read more
UNICEF Technical Guidance for Child and Adolescent Road Safety
New technical guidance published by children’s charity UNICEF examines some of the key global factors around child and adolescent road safety.Read more
Better traffic education needed to combat rising child road deaths across EU
Every day at least 15 children and youngsters are killed on roads in the European Union.Read more
Côte D’Ivoire: Lego-style city schools from recycled plastic waste
With an estimated population of 4.5 million, Abidjan is the biggest city in Côte d’Ivoire and the third-largest French-speaking city in the world, after Paris and Kinshasa. Every day, the Abidjan metropolitan area produces 288 tons of...Read more
Being a librarian isn’t just about books – it’s about helping everyone get access to information and resources
Michelle Martin is the Beverly Cleary Professor for Children and Youth Services in the Information School at the University of Washington. She primarily teaches students who will be youth services librarians who work with children...Read more
U.S. cities’ collaboration aims to give all children access to nature
A further 15 cities have joined a national peer network of 32 other U.S. cities committed to increasing access to nature for all children, irrespective of their ability, race or family income.Read more
Why are U.S students missing so much school? The answer may lie in the chronic absenteeism ‘black box’
Alarms are going off nationwide about absenteeism. Many more students than usual missed big chunks of school during the pandemic, with some school districts seeing their chronic absenteeism rates double.Read more
Investing in indoor air quality improvements in schools will reduce COVID transmission and help students learn
As fall temperatures cool across the U.S., many schools will struggle to ventilate classrooms while also keeping students and teachers comfortable and healthy.Read more
Schools scale back home internet help as remote learning fades
With students off Zoom and back in classrooms, many schools have stopped helping students in the USA get online at home, new federal data shows.Read more
What teachers think of children and young people’s technology use
Mobile phones, computers, social media and the internet are part of the daily lives of children and young people, including at school. Concerns over the risks of too much screen time or online activity for...Read more
Without free school meals for all, many fear lunch debt will return ‘with a vengeance’
For the last two years, any public school student in the USA could eat lunch for free. This year, that’s over.Read more