Years after pandemic closures, weâre seeing their effects inside our schools
Since school buildings reopened after COVID closures, Iâve heard teachers say, again and again, that the older elementary children in their classrooms are just not the same.Read moreUSA: COVID learning loss driven more by school and community factors than household ones, research finds
Just as COVID hit some communities much harder than others, schools across the U.S. suffered disparate academic losses in the wake of the pandemic.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
COVID-19 is biggest threat to child progress in UNICEFâs 75-year history
The COVID-19 pandemic is drastically hindering progress on key childhood challenges like poverty, health and access to education, says the UN Childrenâs Fund UNICEF, spelling the biggest global crisis for children since it was founded...Read more
Why children must be involved in research in the aftermath of COVID
The COVID-19 pandemic will continue to affect the lives of children even after transmission of the virus is contained. And yet, not much is known about the long-term mental health effects of large scale disease...Read more
Children ‘largely ignored’ in EU countries’ post-COVID recovery plans, says Eurochild
Children are ‘invisible’ in many European countries’ National Recovery and Resilience Plans that will frame how special post-COVID EU Recovery Funds are spent.Read moreUNICEF: Schools for more than 168 million children globally have been completely closed for almost a full year
UNICEF has unveiled a âPandemic Classroomâ 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 moreUNICEFâŻSigns COVID vaccineâŻagreement With Astrazeneca
Children’s charity UNICEF and pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca have signed a long-term agreement for the supply of COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca on behalf of the COVAX Facility.  Read more