A group of four-year-olds in a preschool in Shenzhen gather around a small robot named Doubao on the floor. They talk to it, question it, and make fun of the way it thinks. These aren’t kids being watched by a screen. To learn how artificial intelligence thinks, they are being trained in a planned and organized way. Even though the scene is small, what it stands for is very big. China has made a choice for the whole country. Learning how to use AI starts in kindergarten. Beijing’s pilot programs now require students to take at least eight hours of…
Author: Nelson Rosario
Nelson Rosario
Nelson Rosario is an Editor at worldomep.org and a law school student who has found, somewhere in the intersection of legal theory and human development, a cause worth building a career around: ensuring that every child has access to quality education and the healthcare they need to thrive. Nelson approaches child advocacy with the analytical precision of a person who has been taught to analyze systems, spot flaws, and make the case for change. His knowledge of how policies are made, where they fall short, and what it would take to hold institutions accountable for the children they are meant to serve has improved as a result of his legal education. His support, however, goes beyond academics. It stems from a sincere belief that early childhood health and education are not being adequately addressed by the legal and social frameworks in many places. Nelson adds a legal and policy perspective to discussions about child welfare through his contributions to worldomep.org, asking not only what ought to be done but also what can be required, safeguarded, and upheld.
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Before a play starts, there’s a certain kind of silence in a school auditorium. It’s not the calm silence of a seasoned theatergoer, but something more raw. Moving around in their seats. Just a few whispers. The worry that comes from not knowing what will happen next. For many students in public schools in New York City, that is their first time seeing a live show. For almost twenty years, Epic Theatre Ensemble has been planning that moment with great care and intention. Epic isn’t a typical theater company, and it doesn’t try to be one either. It’s a mix…
A girl in Winnipeg named Qyra Francisco is in the eighth grade at General Wolfe School. She recently said something that is hard to take back. Like many immigrant families, her parents didn’t have the chance to get a good formal education. As a child, I got a simple message from my parents: finish school and take care of your family. There was no one to turn to when homework got too hard or too complicated to figure out on your own. So she talked to an AI bot. It worked, too. This is the uncomfortable truth behind Manitoba’s decision…
An organization that can hold its own at a UN event one week and then send a facilitator to a community center in Córdoba the next is almost quietly radical. That’s what OMEP Argentina, which is the national committee of the World Organization for Early Childhood Education, has been doing for many years. News about it doesn’t get as much attention as political or funding announcements. But when you look at how change really works in a society, it might be doing something worse than either of those. The bigger picture is important here. Many teachers in Argentina and much…
If you go to any university bookstore, you can find deals on things like software, clothes, food, and even trips. But LEGO? That’s a whole different conversation. Years ago, students and shoppers on a budget would type “LEGO student discount” into search engines with a sense of hope. What they got back was mixed information. To be honest, the answer is a bit complicated, and it’s probably best to give a full explanation. When it comes to brands, LEGO doesn’t offer a student discount through services like UNiDAYS or Student Beans like Apple or Spotify do. There’s no truth to…
Everyone who goes to Sweetwater knows this moment. You open your laptop before class, type in your credentials, and in an instant, your whole school life is in front of you: grades, attendance, upcoming assignments, and maybe even a message from a teacher you forgot to answer. It happens so often that most students don’t even notice it. One thing about tools that do their job is that they don’t feel like tools anymore. A company called Infinite Campus has been working in the background for many years. In the Sweetwater Union High School District, it is an important part…
In education reporting, there is a certain kind of silence that sets in when the people who will be most affected by a policy are not allowed to say how it really feels. Stories about public schools were mostly told by adults for a long time: administrators, policy experts, union reps, and sometimes parents. The students showed up as numbers or short, well-chosen quotes. A lot of the time, students in special education didn’t even show up. These are the gaps that the Seattle Times Education Lab has been working to fill in the background since 2013. They became more…
There’s a certain kind of anger that comes from being promised something and then seeing the organization keep trying for years to get out of it. Since 2019, the Sweet v. McMahon case has been making things worse for the hundreds of thousands of student loan borrowers who are stuck in it. A federal appeals court turned down the U.S. Department of Education’s latest attempt to put off meeting its legal obligations last Friday. It wasn’t a tough choice. In a seven-page decision, the three judges on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals were pretty direct: the agency had…
During a live stream in February 2025, Kai Cenat brought up the idea of renting out a college campus. It probably sounded like something that streamers say but never do. brave, funny, and a little impractical. This is the kind of idea that gets shared and forgotten about quickly. Except that Cenat did it. A few months later, when applications opened, more than a million people sent them in within minutes. Six million requests were sent to the website in just a few hours, and it quickly crashed from the weight. That fact—six million requests crashing a server—tells you most…
Iowa in July is a great place to watch baseball. In the afternoon, it’s very hot, little clouds of infield dirt form around the bases, and a parent is probably holding on to a stadium seat a little too tightly. That’s where the Iowa High School Athletic Association’s State Baseball Tournament takes place, and the 2026 tournament was great. The games took place at two different locations from Monday, July 20 to Friday, July 24. The 3A and 4A games were held at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Cedar Rapids, while the 1A and 2A games were held at Merchants Park…