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Climate change is a new hurdle for children’s physical activity levels in Canada
The ParticipACTION Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth, the most comprehensive assessment of children’s physical activity in Canada, recently gave the country a D+ in overall physical activity. While this grade is better...Read more![2009 Solar Decathlon Photo by Dept of Energy Solar Decathlon/Flickr](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/local_solar_IT-128x128.jpg)
New EU law will cut emissions and energy use of buildings
A new EU law will reduce emissions and energy use in buildings across the EU, from schools to hospitals, homes to workplaces, ultimately improving people’s health and quality of life.Read moreHow we can prepare for the future with foundational policy ideas for AI in education
Education leaders and policymakers face the challenge of leading their communities when artificial intelligence (AI), including education, is becoming increasingly prominent in society.Read more![](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Arup-sunset-128x128.jpg)
School’s out: how climate change is already badly affecting children’s education
Schools across South Sudan have been ordered to close as a heat wave of 45°C sweeps across the country. In recent years, severe flooding has already caused major disruptions to schooling in South Sudan where,...Read more![Toddlers](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Screen-Shot-2018-02-05-at-11.12.30-128x128.png)
‘Eco creches’ are now the norm in Brussels
In what is major stride towards sustainable childcare, the Gabrielle Vincent eco-crèche was inaugurated on Friday afternoon in Brussels. It means all day care settings in the centre of the Belgian capital can call themselves...Read more![play kids scotland CC Barney Moss/Flickr](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/7252212578_75055279b8_k-128x128.jpg)
It’s OK to play: How ‘play theory’ can revitalise U.S. education
City planners are recognising that play and learning are intertwined and turning public spaces into opportunities for active learning. When we’re young, playing and learning are inseparable. Simple games like peekaboo and hide-and-seek help us learn...Read more![ChalkbeatCOVID](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/ChalkbeatCOVID-128x128.png)
Years after pandemic closures, we’re seeing their effects inside our schools
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![unlogo](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/unlogo-128x128.jpg)
UN-backed education project ‘will leverage the power of young people
A Youth Rights Academy is just one element of a United Nations-backed project dedicated to transforming young lives through education.Read more![ChicagoCHhopskip](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ChicagoCHhopskip-128x128.png)
Could a ride-sharing network help get Chicago students to school?
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![LOVE Park, Philadelphia](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/LOVEPark_J.Fusco_01-128x128.jpg)
Bloomberg charity invests millions in US students’ futures
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![migrantsnyc](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/migrantsnyc-128x128.png)
As shelter limit for migrant families nears, NYC schools try to prepare
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![chalkbeatfamilyhomeless](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/chalkbeatfamilyhomeless-128x128.png)
USA: As family homelessness climbs, calls grow louder for solving school attendance woes
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![europeancurrencies](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/europeancurrencies-128x128.png)
New EU framework aims to improve children & youth financial literacy
A new pan-European financial competence framework has been unveiled that has specifically children and young people in mind.Read more![chicagohighschoolaftercovid](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/chicagohighschoolaftercovid-128x128.webp)
The pandemic is over. But American schools still aren’t the same.
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![Food4EducationKenya](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Food4EducationKenya-128x128.png)