Could your school be the best school for connecting kids to nature and academic improvement?
Could your school be the best school for connecting kids to nature and academic improvement? In your city? Your region? Your state? The whole country? That’s the question Cinda Hanbuch-Pinkerton is asking in the Miami Valley...Read more
Research finds the effects of homework on elementary school students, and the results are surprising
After over 25 years of studying and analyzing homework, Harris Coopers’ research demonstrates a clear conclusion: homework wrecks elementary school students. In his book, The Battle over Homework: Common Ground for Administrators, Teachers, and Parents, the...Read more
China abandoned its one-child policy – now it must fix the gap in education between city and country children
Li Bo’s job used to involve reporting unlawful pregnancies to family planning officials. Today, in the remote Wangyuan village in China’s mountainous Shaanxi province, he’s sat on a playmat helping a toddler build a fort with...Read more
Athens playground aims to inspire hope for Greece’s future
Just a few steps away from the Acropolis, one of the world’s most famous historical sites, in the Centre of Athens, rises a playground inspired by Pieter Bruegel’s 1560 painting ‘Children’s Games’. The Six Thresholds playground,...Read more
Kolle 37, keeps the adventure playground tradition alive in East Berlin
The highly influential Danish landscape architect, C. T. Sørensen, took inspiration for the realization of a new specific type of informal play space from his observations of children playing on a construction site after hours....Read more
New research shows prisoners spend more time outdoors than UK children
According to a new survey, funded by laundry detergent Persil, children spend less time outdoors than high-security prisoners. The Unilever detergent company wanted to bring this issue to life and to start a global conversation about...Read more
Fuji Kindergarten: the key to better childhood
There is a kindergarten outside Tokyo that was planned with children in mind. It is the kind of amazing place that all children dream about. The architects Yui and Takaharu Tezuka designed it in 2007,...Read more
Interview with the City of Ghent’s children’s ambassador, Elke Decruynaere
Elke Decruynaere, the Alderwoman of Education, Upbringing and Youth for Ghent, which is this year’s host of the Child in the City conference, talks about what action her city has taken to become more child-friendly –...Read more
The City of Ghent’s strategic plan to be a child and youth-friendly city
With more than 250.000 inhabitants, Ghent is the 3rd largest city of Belgium. In 2013, the newly elected city council announced its commitment to become the most child and youth-friendly city (CYFC) of the Flemish...Read more
Development of child-friendly green spaces
If a city is to function properly, it needs to coordinate very diverse agendas related to land use, energy, water, waste, mobility, health and education, economic development, and the promotion of cultural vitality and social...Read more
Steps toward psychological well-being: A case of refugee children
The number of children and adolescents that flee to Europe and other areas deemed financially well-off face many challenges, even after reaching their supposed safe havens. Some of these are to do with the complex...Read more
Play It Fair! A Human Rights Education Toolkit for Children
Montreal-based international organisation Equitas has developed Play It Fair!, which is an easy to use education toolkit. The toolkit helps to increase an understanding of human rights, respect for diversity and peaceful conflict resolution in 6-12 year...Read more
EU Child Poverty Report triggers call for action
An influential committee of the European Parliament has issued a call for action on child poverty and social exclusion, following the release of a worrying new report that these are both on the increase in...Read more
Do children benefit from theraupetic day school?
Consideration is being given in the United States to the expansion of the therapeutic day school concept. Therapeutic day schools serve students ages 6yrs-18yrs who have emotional, behavioral and educational challenges that prevent them from...Read more