Yoto Carnegie Medals
The winners of the 2024 Yoto Carnegies have been announced. See who won: https://yotocarnegies.co.uk/ The Yoto Carnegies are prizes awarded to children’s books, one for writing and one for illustration. The main medals are awarded by a panel of children’s and youth’s librarians, but the Shadowers’ Award is judged by children. The judges and the […]
The Children’s Art Gallery
The Children’s Art Gallery in Lagos, Nigeria, displays and sells art by children from low-income families. Other galleries have recently opened in Ghana and Zimbabwe. Read also a recent Guardian article about the gallery.
New issue of Museum and Society
Museum and Society have published a new issue on our journal platform. Highlights include: All are open access here: https://journals.le.ac.uk/ojs1/index.php/mas/issue/view/232
Africa: child well-being
The child well-being country scorecards, issued by Afrobaromater cover responses to questions posed to African citizens in over 30 nations, provide insight into perceptions and attitudes towards child well-being. They include abuse and physical punishment.
UNESCO: Guidance on Generative AI in Education
UNESCO publishes the first-ever global Guidance on Generative AI in Education and Research, designed to address the disruptions caused by Generative AI technologies. The first sections of the UNESCO Guidance explain what Generative AI is and how it works. The following sections elaborate on the controversies around Generative AI and their implications, focussing in particular on […]
Inclusive books for primary school children
Inclusive Books for children A website that offers recommendations by age category and theme for books that are inclusive and reflect the modern world. The aim is to correct current imbalances. The website highlights recent research highlighting this. The website recommends: The website also champions books by Own-Voice authors and illustrators who share the […]
KidsRights Index
KidsRights has published its annual index looking at children’s rights across the world, including the UK. The Index measures and ranks several domains including a child’s right to protection. It looks at child labour, adolescent birth rate and birth registration. Methodology is provided on the website.
Social mobility: the next generation
First of a series of reports by the Sutton Trust on social mobility. This first report looks at secondary school students and is called Lost Potential at 16.
Wellbeing among children and young people
Measures bank for Children and Young Peoples Wellbeing What Works Centre for Wellbeing has a developed a metrics framework to measure the subjective wellbeing of children and young people in the UK. This along with a guide can be downloaded from the website. The bank of measures is being developed through a Rapid Evidence Assessment […]
Children and happiness
More children in the UK are unhappy with their lives according to the latest annual report from the Children’s Society which measures happiness and wellbeing in over 2,000 children aged 10-17. It now has data for the last decade. Topics include family life, appearance, friendships and more. Full methodology is on the website.
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