What we know about our children after 2021
In 2021, families across the nation and around the world endured a second year of interrupted schooling, with the associated challenges of home-learning, working from home and isolation from the support networks of extended family...Read more
How children at urban schools can benefit from learning in nature
Children flourish when they learn in nature. It can improve their health, attention capacity and social skills. The enriching experience of outdoor learning can also lead to significant improvements in children’s mood and wellbeing, which...Read more
Low stamina and school avoidance: For tweens, this year is unusually turbulent
After two COVID years, students are ‘traumatized by many of the normal routines of a school day.’Read more
New climate classes seek to teach Indian students green habits
As Maharashtra suffers more extreme weather, officials are planning to launch the first school curriculum in an Indian state on climate change impacts and cutting carbon. Students in Maharashtra will start learning about worsening droughts, floods...Read more
Green spaces introduced for ‘city kids’ across Washington
A big city might not seem like the best place to learn about nature and the environment. But one group in Washington, D.C. is trying to change that.Read more
Even as Omicron variant takes hold, school closures ‘must be a last resort’ – UNICEF head
As the world struggles to cope with the onset of the new Omicron COVID-19 variant, the head of children’s charity UNICEF has warned that another wave of school closures would be ‘disastrous for children’.Read more
How addressing our young kids’ COVID-19 learning loss is a matter of child’s play
COVID-19 disruptions have had a distinct, devastating and potentially enduring impact on our youngest school-aged learners, especially those who were already behind in early language, literacy and numeracy understandings. The pandemic has also taken a...Read more
Healthy food programme on Dutch city farms
The Dutch City Farm Federation vSKBN is working closely together with JOGG (Healthy Young People, Healthy Future) for a healthy food assortment on city farms.Read more
School gardens and kitchens could grow with Ontario’s proposed food literacy act
As some essential services like community gardens re-open and people start planting again, our connections to food are top of mind.Read more
Child-Friendly Cities: ‘Edible Playgrounds’ for Cardiff schools
Ten primary schools in the Welsh capital, Cardiff, are being given ‘Edible Playgrounds’ through a partnership that could help the city achieve UNICEF child-friendly status. Cardiff Council is working with Trees for Cities, the UK’s only...Read more
European Commission’s proposal for improved ‘blended learning’ in schools
The European Commission has published its vision for how ‘blended learning’ can be a major driver to giving as many children as possible a high quality and inclusive primary and secondary school education.Read more
How to design a public play space where kids practice reading and STEM skills
A park bench can be so much more than just a place to sit and wait. Perhaps it has a puzzle built into it, or weights that allow children to make measurements.Read more
Building stronger connections between schools and communities in Melbourne
When the COVID-19 pandemic forced schools to close in 2020, the staff at Doveton College in Melbourne picked up the phone.Read more
First day of school ‘indefinitely postponed’ for millions of children
With the summer break coming to a close, many children – and their parents – will be looking forward to their first day of school. But the continued effects of the COVID-19 pandemic mean that...Read more