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Explore the issues that matter when ensuring each child and young person has the support they need to learn and develop to their full potential
'Society' by Claudia Flandoli
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Learning begins with language 

Aisha Schnellmann / 9 June 2025
Interviews Learning & Education Development Language Education policy
A child and an adult are using a tablet to learn.

How metacognition can bridge the attainment gap

Melissa Hogenboom / 3 June 2025
Articles Learning & Education Development Teaching methods Education policy
A child is thinking while holding a pencil.

The developmental scientist exploring what helps children learn language

Annie Brookman-Byrne / 29 May 2025
Interviews Development Language Diversity
A child hops on speech bubbles while talking to an adult.

Improving children’s lives with evidence in education

Nina Alonso / 27 May 2025
Podcasts Learning & Education Education systems Education policy
Teachers' Voices logo of speech bubbles saying hello in different languages.

Empowering futures through foundational learning 

Aisha Schnellmann / 22 May 2025
Interviews Learning & Education Education systems Covid-19
Two kids are learning together.

Connecting AI to educational goals

Helena Pozniak / 20 May 2025
Interviews Technology Learning & Education Education technology 21st century skills
Children are using laptops in a classroom.

The developmental scientist exploring how children learn from robots

Annie Brookman-Byrne / 15 May 2025
Interviews Technology Learning & Education Education technology
An adult and a robot help a child learn.

A child-centered approach to education

Aisha Schnellmann / 12 May 2025
Interviews Learning & Education Education systems Education policy
Two young girls learn together.

How can educators address inequality in the classroom?

Eddie Brummelman, Nienke van Atteveldt, Sharon Wolf, Jellie Sierksma / 8 May 2025
Articles Learning & Education Equity Diversity
A teacher helps a group of young students with their schoolwork at a classroom table.

The power of playing with your child

Amanda Ruggeri / 7 May 2025
Articles Development Play Equity
A father pushes his child in a box which they pretend is a car.

The growing science of educational inequality 

Annie Brookman-Byrne / 1 May 2025
Interviews Learning & Education Equity Diversity
A group of children walking down a hallway.

The cognitive scientist studying how children think about others’ minds 

Annie Brookman-Byrne / 28 April 2025
Interviews Learning & Education Development Teaching methods Education policy
Children draw the underneath of an iceberg on a whiteboard.

Explore the latest news, research and opinions about child development and learning

The neuroscientist decoding how the teenage brain develops 

Aisha Schnellmann / 23 October 2025
Interviews Development Neuroscience Education systems
Teenagers play a brain-themed arcade dance game.

How teenagers use music to deal with emotions 

Lorelei Aeby, Ines Daccord, David Bürgin / 14 October 2025
Articles Development Mental health Learning environments
A teenager listens to music on headphones.

BOLD explores… Children’s self-esteem

Eddie Brummelman / 8 October 2025
Videos Development Individual differences
Eddie Brummelman
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Learning to learn in kindergarten

Ellis Stevelink and Mélanie Maximino-Pinheiro  / 21 October 2025
Articles Learning & Education Development Teaching methods Education systems
A child holds a model of a brain.

How movement helps children learn

Melissa Hogenboom / 20 October 2025
Articles Development Play Individual differences
A group of children dance.

The power of parents in helping kids beat academic stress 

Anika Stark, Claudia Woodtli, Melina Pozzy, Noemi Lutz, David Bürgin / 30 September 2025
Articles Development Parenting and childcare Education systems
A mother and daughter are sitting together having a conversation.
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Teen mental health and technology

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 16 October 2025
Podcasts Technology Development Technology and society Mental health
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Can conversational AI support children’s wellbeing?

Natalia Kucirkova, Alexis Hiniker, Sho Tsuji, Robert Wolfe, Aayushi Dangol, Megumi Ishikawa / 13 October 2025
Opinions Technology Development Education technology
A child presses on a smart speaker.

Body image struggles affect boys too 

Jessica Felder, Tamesha Dirr, Livia von Siebenthal, Yaëlle Eschmann, David Bürgin / 7 October 2025
Articles Society Development Psychology Individual differences
A boy looks at his phone.
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