The classic reggae anthem by Bob Marley will be reimagined to benefit children who are affected by the global pandemic, with proceeds going towards UNICEF. According to a UNICEF press release, members of the late ...
“In June, the WHO, along with other UN agencies, released a landmark study, ‘Global Status Report on Preventing Violence Against Children 2020.’ Sadly, this study—like so much about the status of children in our time—has ...
CNN partnered with “Sesame Street” for a special town hall about racism, giving both kids and parents an opportunity to explore the current debate on inequality and how it affects everyone in society. This is ...
With millions of children not attending school due to Covid-19, the Oscar-winning actress and humanitarian is drawing attention to fight hunger that may result from this scenario. Indeed, about half of U.S. students rely on ...
CNN is partnering with “Sesame Street” for a special town hall this Saturday at 9 a.m. ET to focus on educating kids and parents about coronavirus. The 90-minute program is entitled “The ABC’s of Covid ...
“We’re teaching life lessons. In ‘The Bravest Knight’, it’s an adventure about how to be a great knight, which translates into how to be a good human.” Although Hollywood has made many strides in LGBTQ ...
Should the U.S., the richest country in the world, provide free school lunches? A nine-year-old boy had his hot lunch taken away from him in front of other students on his birthday because of an ...
Students as young as Grade 5 expressed a wish “to study hard to repay” the company, and many thought “the tobacco company is kind.” (By Jennifer Fang, The Conversation) Would you send your child to ...
“In the last school year for which my group had data, 2016 to 2017, the U.S. public schools no longer had a majority of any racial group.” (By Erica Frankenberg, The Conversation) Democratic presidential candidate ...
“When we brought Red Nose Day to America, my hope was that we could inspire people to realize we can all truly make a difference for kids living really tough lives — and have fun ...
Oscar buzz is circulating for Capernaum, a foreign film being praised for its remarkable portrayal of an impoverished reality in Lebanon. An acclaimed new film from Lebanon is being called a “rallying cry” for children ...
A new lawsuit claims Illinois keeps children in psychiatric facilities for up to five months longer than is deemed medically necessary. A federal class-action lawsuit was filed against the state of Illinois for holding 15 ...
An old form of school punishment has been reinstated at a Georgia charter school, just in time for the new school year. The Georgia School for Innovation and the Classics has reinstated corporal punishment and ...
Popular animated kids’ TV show “Steven Universe” made history when it depicted a same-sex wedding last month. Show creator, Rebecca Sugar, recently spoke with Entertainment Weekly (EW) to reflect on the significance and challenge of ...
(Beyond Pesticides) The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has issued new guidelines for measures to lower children’s exposures to chemicals in food and food packaging that are tied to health problems such as obesity, metabolic ...
A joint report conducted by IowaWatch and with Science in the Media, a University of Northern Iowa project, reveals that 444,559 students and teachers are at risk of pesticide exposure and poisoning in Iowa. Local ...
As statistics for the first quarter of 2018 come in, some shocking findings around homelessness and in particular child homelessness in the U.K. have come to light. Street sleeping has been on the increase for ...
Popular children’s book author Laura Ingalls Wilder will have her name removed from a major children’s book award, after concerns over potentially offensive racial depictions in her books, which were first published in the 1930s. The ...
“Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” is the new documentary focusing on beloved PBS children’s show icon, Fred Rogers, and is being heralded by critics as timeless and timely in our current cultural climate. Directed by ...
Levels of child poverty in the U.K. are predicted to rise to new highs, with 5.2 million children expected to live in poverty by 2022 according to The Institute for Fiscal Studies (I.F.S.), a British thinktank. ...
As the Trump administration and its allies in law enforcement and border patrol continue to escalate tensions at the U.S. – Mexico border, thousands of children are caught in the crossfire. Children of immigrants fleeing ...
Lupita Nyong’o celebrates dark skin and self-acceptance. Nyong’o, an outspoken supporter of dark skinned beauty, is publishing a children’s book about colorism and self-acceptance. Born in Mexico, but raised in her parents’ native Kenya, Lupita ...
Our society needs to reassess the relationship between autism and eye contact. Forcing children with autism to make eye contact can often be more harmful than good. I walked up to the door of my ...
(The Conversation, Nia Heard-Garris) I find myself in this place again. I am numb. I feel empty. I almost have no words. The saddest part about this? I wrote these exact words little more than a year ...
April 15th is one of the most dreadful days of the year second only to the anniversary of 9/11. It’s a day when millions of hardworking Americans give up the money they’ve worked for to ...
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