After COVID-19 forced Olivia Goulding’s Indiana middle school to switch back to remote learning late last year, the math teacher lost contact with many of her students. So she and some colleagues came up with...Read more
With over 1.6 billion children worldwide having had their education severely disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic over the past year, Johns Hopkins University, the World Bank, and UNICEF have created a COVID-19 – Global Education...Read more
In 2020, the pandemic has made homeschooling a fact of life. Even before this, though, what was once the obscure choice of a few families has grown in popularity over the past decade. In 2019,...Read more
A teacher in Newark trudges through the snow to find students who haven’t logged into her all-remote class, a sad ritual of tracking down teens that began for her last March. A student in Indiana...Read more
UNICEF has unveiled a ‘Pandemic Classroom’ at the HQ of the United Nations in New York to urge governments worldwide to prioritise the reopening of schools
Schools which are normally the second home for 168 million...Read more
Vantaa has been selected by Finland’s UNICEF committee to participate in its Child Friendly Cities Model, and will be supported to make the city’s infrastructure designed with children as a priority.Read more
A low-cost school that is easy to build and dismantle can meet the educational needs of migrants and those living in informal settlements across India.
Swati Janu, the designer of ModSkool is also urging cities to...Read more
The World Health Organisation (WHO) in Argentina is working with child autism non-profit partner PANAACEA to support caregivers of children with developmental delays and disabilities in the capital Buenos Aires, through the Caregiver Skills Training...Read more
A local council in The Netherlands has come up with a game through which children can learn about cybercrime and then pass on their knowledge to parents and carers.Read more
Jodi Rosenbaum works at an elementary school in Arlington, Virginia, where she helps to patch America’s social safety net. She organizes food drives, helps families access benefits, and distributes coats in the winter. It’s a job...Read more
Children’s road safety lessons and cycling tests were significantly affected by the initial COVID lockdowns and school closures, according to a new multi-agency report. Read more
Throughout the pandemic, decisions made by adults have had a significant impact on all aspects of young people’s lives, yet some teenagers feel their voice and experiences during the pandemic have not been heard. The...Read more
Both compulsory and non-compulsory schools in Switzerland should not be immediately closed because of the continued COVID pandemic, say the Government’s scientific advisors and education experts.Read more
The lives of millions of parents and children were turned upside down when COVID-19 forced school lockdowns in April 2020. With a new national lockdown having begun in England on January 4 2021, many parents...Read more
A truly collaborative process is the only way to describe the Nueva Escuela project in Ecuador, which has seen school pupils and their community play a central role in the design of a sustainable school....Read more
