In 1989, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child, a comprehensive international children's rights treaty that addresses children's civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights. The CRC sets goals and standards that promote children's rights, thereby strengthening governmental initiatives to…

Research indicates that few state departments of education have actually mandated human rights education in their schools. Clearly, individual teachers will need to take responsibility for the integration of peace education and human rights education. By integrating human rights education and peace education into the daily fabric of the school…

This article discusses the issue of schools limiting the opportunities for children's physical, cognitive, social-emotional, and creative development that recess affords. Red Rover, hopscotch, jump rope, chase, telling secrets, hanging out, making friends, losing friends--these familiar pursuits of childhood recess are vividly memorable. While…

Written in 1945, this article calls for an increased recognition by the educational profession of the rights of children. Some of the concerns addressed still need attention 43 years later. (BB)

Advances support for developmental child care, an approach which includes the protective and child-maintaining sense of custodial child care plus the stimulating sense of educational child care. Stresses both the immediacy and scope of need for providing appropriate child care. (RWB)

Argues that children's right to adequate nutrition is honored more in rhetoric than in reality, and asserts that this right must be repeatedly stated until it is acted upon. (RH)

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Highlights the 1982 International Colloquy of the World Organization for Early Childhood Education, which was entitled "The Right to Be a Child." Children's basic needs were seen as the rights to food, to play, and to peace. (RH)

Presents position of the Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI) regarding children and play. Discusses ACEI's fundamental beliefs about the importance of play, citing supporting research and theory. Presents guiding principles and practices for play experiences, focusing on adults' crucial role in structuring and planning the…

Discusses historical and contemporary views of children's rights. Considers the roles of parents and society in ensuring these rights. Also discusses the role of early childhood professionals in enhancing the protection rights of children. (BB)

Examines the contributions of creativity and imagination to the total learning of the young child. Offers arguments against the myths that lead to deemphasis of the arts in curriculum. Recommends ways of refashioning schools to promote the expressive arts. (BB)