New research from @Theirworld and REALCentre Cambridge shows pre-primary education aid is on the rise BUT, as Justin W. van Fleet writes in Global Education Monitoring Report UNESCO's #WorldEducationBlog , donors are still failing to meet the 10% target.

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#ActForEarlyYears

66% of primary school students have never heard of #ClimateChange - despite being the generation most impacted.

#ClimateEducation is critical to equip children with the tools to learn sustainable habits and fight climate change.

If you agree, share this post. #EarthDay2024

Remembering Stephen Lawrence (13 Sept 1974-22 Apr 1993) on the 31st anniversary of his murder. The Met should heed Baroness Lawrence. She has been right when they have been wrong and the quest for justice is not yet complete. She and her family deserve peace.
#StephenLawrenceDay

This week we convened a delegation of mini US leaders at the #WBG #SpringMeetings . Mini President Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and Treasury Secretary Secretary Janet Yellen came to DC to call on world leaders to #ActForEarlyYears and invest urgently in our youngest.

Join them and sign here: ow.ly/u3g750RiY79

New data released in conjunction with Cambridge University's REALCentre Cambridge reveals that pre-primary education made up only 1.4% of education spending in 2022 - WELL below the 10% target.

Countries must step up to meet the 2030 #SDGs . More: ow.ly/G2fJ50RheKe

#ActForEarlyYears

Delighted to see Samantha Power announce the new U.S. Government Strategy on International Basic Education with a prioritisation on #EarlyYears . The strategy recognises that it’s critical to provide a comprehensive package of care for the youngest children.

#ActForEarlyYears

Will you join me and Theirworld and sign this petition demanding world leaders urgently invest $1 billion to ensure ALL children get the best start in life? We must #ActForEarlyYears

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A very long and rather brilliant 🧵for anyone watching the #Defiance documentary (all 3 eps on Channel 4) - all credit to Preeti Dhillon for putting it together

Congratulations to the whole crew Tracy Edwards

🚨 TODAY is National Voter Registration Day 🚨

As it stands, 4 MILLION young people will be excluded from voting at the next election.

On this deadline day, don’t risk losing your voice. #GiveAnX about your future and #RegisterToVote : qrco.de/giveanx

That old cliche about how helping just one person makes things worth doing - well, this 👇 👇👇

Signatories of the #GiveAnX / Campaign for the Arts open letter include Paapa Essiedu, michael sheen 💙, MeeraSyal💙, Georgia Harrison, Ahir Shah, Amelia Dimoldenberg, Armando Iannucci, Billy Bragg, Sally Lindsay, Ralf Little 💙, Siobhán McSweeney, Misan Harriman & Samuel West 💙💛.
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Faith Ringgold reads her 1991 children's book Tar Beach - one of my mum's favourite quilters just passed away aged 93. RIP youtu.be/h9RKJleFdBU?si… via YouTube

You may think a laptop is just a laptop.

But for young Ukrainians, a laptop is a lifeline that provides:
🙌 Connection with family + friends
💛 A sense of stability
📚 A way to keep learning

Take on Theirworld, #YourWalk and help Ukrainian children: ow.ly/KoP750R3Zw7

Watch all three episodes. Just do. #Defiance Channel 4

Thank you for thoughtful
debate on these ideas.

Also invigorating to be branded woke, self flagellating mandarin, self loathing pooh-bah, hater of 🇬🇧(etc) by M Philips and given (mistaken) future promotion by C Moore. Without falling into culture war trap, oh, ok then …

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Children living near Sure Start centres did better at GCSEs, study suggests < This does not surprise me at all - time to #ActforEarlyYears bbc.co.uk/news/education…

Not that Tom Fletcher! - this is the Ambassador one who writes cracking thrillers nipping in and out of all the secret places he knows around the world - New book The Assassin out now - your weekend read and you will thank me!

Britain is stuck in a doom loop of poverty.

With will and ingenuity, communities, charities, companies and government could work together to raise billions and rescue millions of people.

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Total Bliss! #ActforEarlyYears