Tech firms’ innovation can help city children – UNICEF
Developing ‘blended’ online learning opportunities is how technology companies could inspire hundreds of millions of schoolchildren in cities worldwide, says UNICEF. It’s one of the conclusions from new research by the United Nations’ children’s charity into...Read more
School food partnership aims to help thousands of US children
An ambitious new national school food alliance aims to help children in some of the USA’s largest urban areas eat and live more healthily. FoodCorps and the Urban School Food Alliance are two influential non-profit organisations...Read more
World leaders unite to provide quality education to young people
World leaders have united to address the basic right of children and young people to receive an education. ‘Generation Unlimited’ is a far-reaching initiative that aims to get every young person prepared for future employment by...Read more
Low-scoring schools in Florida make their days longer
Camille Watkins’ day as a fourth grade teacher got a little longer last year. The elementary school where she taught had been named one of Florida’s 300 lowest-performing schools. It meant the school was required...Read more
Finding what really works in education
Using data and reason, rather than intuition, to decide where to invest the large sums spent globally on education would make a huge difference to the learning outcomes of many students. This is the opinion...Read more
EU’s fruit and milk scheme reaches millions of schoolchildren
The European Union (EU) has relaunched a successful scheme which gives fruit, milk and vegetables to schools for helping millions of children in European cities eat healthily. Dedicated educational programmes will also teach pupils about the...Read more
CitC conference to showcase bilingual kids learning book
A bilingual picture book that helps young children’s language skills will be showcased at next month’s Child in the City World Conference. Papperlapapp was originally devised by a team of child and design experts in Austria...Read more
GCSE results: why bright, poor students fail to achieve top grades
The fourth Thursday in August is a day that is anticipated with equal measures of hope and trepidation by hundreds of thousands of young people across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, writes Geraint Johnes of...Read more
Students creating ‘islands of cool’ for Paris schoolyards in summer
Turning the concrete schoolyards of Paris into ‘islands of cool’ is the aim of a group of innovative young designers. The summer temperatures in the French capital mean that dozens of schools and in particular their...Read more
Finnish cities to trial free early years education
The Finnish capital Helsinki is among 19 cities nationwide set to trial the provision of free early years education for five-year-olds. An experiment by Finland’s Ministry of Education and Culture will shortly begin providing 20 hours...Read more
Pre-school provision helping New York meet UN fairness goals
Providing extra pre-school care is one reason why New York is making major progress in creating the ‘fairest big city’ in the USA. That’s the message from Mayor Bill Blasio in the city’s report to the...Read more
World counts cost of not educating girls
Failing to let girls finish their education could cost the world as much as 30 trillion US Dollars in lost earnings and productivity. Yet more than 130 million girls worldwide are out of school, says...Read more
New Zealand school project connects rural and urban children
School children in New Zealand have been working together in an educational project to unlock similarities and differences between urban and rural life. The CLASS-ified Moostery Challenge, organised by DairyNZ, paired 150 rural and 150 urban...Read more
Why don’t Australian school kids feel a sense of belonging?
Respectful and valued relationships with teachers and the wider community are key to helping more students feel greater connection to their school, leading to far-reaching positive effects. The sense of belonging Australian students feel at school has...Read more