In September of last year, something changed in Geneva. Not in a big way—there were no broken gavels, walkouts, or fights that made the news. However, something moved inside the UN building. Ninety-two governments got together to talk about a plan that, depending on how the next year goes, could change the laws that govern childhood education for generations to come. The World Organization for Early Childhood Education (OMEP) has been keeping a close eye on this. It’s clear what they want to say: 2026 is not just another year on the policy calendar. The United Nations may have never…
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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In July, Bangkok is not a quiet city. As soon as you step outside, the heat hits you, and the same restlessness can be felt inside conference rooms as well. The 76th World Assembly and International Conference of the World Organization for Early Childhood Education, or OMEP, took place here in the last few weeks of July 2024. The theme of the conference, “Right from the Start for ECCE: Step Beyond All Together,” felt almost defiantly positive. There were people from more than 60 countries there. A wide range of people were in the room, from teachers working in village…
On some college campuses, you can feel a certain kind of energy—not the polished version you see in brochures, but the real thing. These are the kinds of schools where students from countries that are hard to find on a map work on homework together in a library in three different languages. It’s easy to get that feeling when you walk around the University of East London. With more than 40,000 students from 160 different countries, it’s not really a traditional British university. Instead, it’s more like a small working city that gives degrees. This is what UEL has been…
It was never just a building. Anyone who has walked up Renfrew Street in Glasgow on a cloudy morning and seen the Mackintosh facade—that strict, beautiful grid of windows rising against the Scottish sky—knows this to be true. The Glasgow School of Art is more than just a spot in the city’s map. For almost 180 years, it has shaped what people think of as creative in Scotland. The school was founded in 1845 as the Glasgow Government School of Design. It changed its name several times before settling on its current, famous name. It moved several times and grew…
The address from Princeton University seems to go against common sense. Nobel laureates, Supreme Court justices, and two U.S. presidents have all attended one of the most important universities in the world. It is not in New York, Boston, or Washington, D.C.; it is in a quiet borough in central New Jersey. It’s in Princeton, NJ. About 30,000 people live there. If not for those clear Gothic spires rising above the trees, it’s the kind of place you might drive by without stopping. Princeton University is in the town of Princeton, New Jersey, which is in Mercer County and 50…
A certain type of healthcare facility doesn’t make news, but the people who live nearby depend on it for everything. The Birmingham Health & Wellbeing Center on Bristol Road South is home to College Green Medical Practice, which looks and feels like one of those places. It doesn’t make a lot of noise. But for the people of Northfield and the south Birmingham areas around it, it seems to be an increasingly rare thing in British primary care: a GP practice that is really trying and, by most measures, succeeding. The Care Quality Commission’s inspection report, which came out in…
When you walk through a college campus, you feel grounded because the students aren’t there to fulfill their dreams; they’re there to learn something useful and move on with their lives. That’s how Dundee and Angus College feels. Spread out over several campuses in the Tayside region of Scotland, it has grown to become one of the most important colleges in Scotland. Not flashy. Not trying to get higher in the league table. Getting the job done. In 2013, Angus College and Dundee College merged to form the college. That kind of merger can go badly, leading to added work…
A school in Lancashire has been quietly shaping people for more than 400 years. It is tucked behind a long avenue of trees and a pair of ornamental ponds. It doesn’t make a lot of noise about itself. It doesn’t need to. History is worked into Stonyhurst College like weather is worked into old stone: you can’t miss it if you know what you’re looking for. The history of the school tells us a lot about what it has always been like. In 1593, when being Catholic in England could get you jailed or worse, Father Robert Persons, a Jesuit…
When you walk onto the grounds of Pangbourne College, there’s something quietly striking about it. The school is not like most English boarding schools because it is spread out over 230 acres in the Berkshire hills, which are in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. You can’t deny that the view is nice. There are hills and old stone buildings, and it looks like you’re in the English countryside, where history is all around you. But the students dressed as sailors make you stop in your tracks. The shoulder is slid on by a crisp, pressed rank. In the morning…
The things that have been going on at Dumfries and Galloway College for the past twenty years are truly amazing. That isn’t the kind of amazing that makes national news or social media trends; this is the kind that happens more slowly and lasts longer. The kind that stays with you for years and is finally impossible to miss. The college has been reaching out to the South of Scotland from its campuses in Dumfries and Stranraer since it opened in 1961. Most of the time, it is thought of as a regional college or university. Still, it won the…