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Empowering Change Through Play

Engaging children in their education is a global challenge. Traditional pedagogical models are struggling to keep up with the changing needs of today's youth, and there is a growing consensus that new

21.1.2025 Alex Shapero

Got 5 minutes? Here is what you need to know about Bite Sized Learning

Educating a child is a gargantuan task - these innovations show us how to break lifelong lessons into small chunks to be taken one step at a time.

Empathy Is The Only Way To Stop The Cycle Of Bullying And Abuse

How do we prevent abuse and bullying? Roots of Empathy Founder, Mary Gordon, believes it all comes back to empathy – and the research backs her up. In Gordon's empowering speech from our Summit event,

28.2.2018 Josephine Lister

5 innovations to support students' social emotional learning

Over the past few decades, there's been a growing focus on supporting students' well-being in schools. Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) has become a popular way to help young people build essential

14.1.2025 Ia Kawasaki

Spotlight on Child-Centred Learning Reveals 14 Transformative Practices

The highly impactful and scalable innovations selected by HundrED and Montessori Global Education showcase the future of learner-centred education across diverse global contexts.

4.6.2025 Meghan Hammond and Mariah Voutilainen

Youth around the world are being empowered through creativity

How can art and creativity empower students? Destination Imagination and NFTE World Series of Innovation challenge students to creatively solve problems. 100cameras and Faces Up Uganda use arts to hel

Improving Wellbeing in Schools Requires a Multifaceted Approach

HundrED’s Spotlight call for Wellbeing in Schools found innovations using a variety of approaches from outdoor play to pastoral care. Nearly half of innovations in the longlist focussed on Social Emot

Using sports to learn about sexual health - creative ways to teach life skills

It’s no secret that physical activity can be an engaging way to get students more interested and motivated to learn. Innovators around the world are using the power of sport to teach important life sk

13.2.2024 Jamie Lee

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Want Kids To Be Happy? Teach Them How To Communicate

Dutch teenagers have been found to be the happiest students in the world once again. What can we learn from them and the longest study into human happiness, in order to help our young people live happ

11.7.2018 Josephine Lister

Key Learnings from “From Afterthought to Foundation: Rethinking Wellbeing in Schools” Webinar

In our recent HundrED webinar, From Afterthought to Foundation: Rethinking Wellbeing in Schools, innovators from around the globe shared their insights and experiences around creating and scaling inno

Parents at the Heart of Early Childhood Education

On 28 August 2025, HundrED hosted a Community Conversation with innovators from across Africa to explore how parents can drive quality early childhood education.

17.9.2025 Alex Shapero

New Project is Looking for Solutions Scaling Social and Emotional Learning Programs Globally

The reduction of social interaction, physical activity, & play caused by the COIVD-19 pandemic has dramatically increased emotional stress in students worldwide. The HundrED Spotlight on Social and Em

13.4.2021 Mariah O'Mara