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As world leaders gather in New York for the UN SDG Summit, the mood is likely to be sombre. : Illustration: Michael Joiner, 360info Images: Kuhlmann/MSC & Ad Meskens via Wikimedia Commons CC BY 4.0

What are the roadblocks to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals? And how can the pace of the SDGs gather momentum to meet the 2030 targets?

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State of the SDGs

The SDGs can save us, but can we save the SDGs?

What are the roadblocks to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals? And how can the pace of the SDGs gather momentum to meet the 2030 targets?

Special Report
Countries are struggling to make meaningful progress towards transformative education for sustainable development. : Unsplash: Yogendra Singh Unsplash Licence

Students demand transformative education, but can our education systems keep up?

State of the SDGs

Why empowering teachers is key to a sustainable future

Students demand transformative education, but can our education systems keep up?

Education
Online education will struggle to replace traditional schooling. : Girish.h/Wikimedia Commons Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en

The poor miss out when teaching goes online, leaving millions without proper education.

Gap years: Learning loss and COVID

Lessons unlearned from India’s online schooling emergency

The poor miss out when teaching goes online, leaving millions without proper education.

Education
The after effects of COVID-19 continue to impact schools across the US. : US Department of Education/Flickr CC BY 2.0

COVID-19 devastated school learning, especially for marginalised students, but resourceful principals have shown how they can make a difference.

Gap years: Learning loss and COVID

What school principals do is crucial to students’ emotional wellbeing

Education
Students at disadvantaged schools improved in certain areas of study. : denisbin/Flickr CC BY-ND 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/

Students around the world suffered from learning loss due to COVID-19 but disadvantaged children in Australian schools bucked the trend.

Gap years: Learning loss and COVID

Australia’s disadvantaged students excel in post-COVID test

Education
More than half of South African schools still sell soft drinks : Andrew Shiva (Wikimedia) CC 4.0

Soft-drink manufacturers are targeting Africa, but industry-led pledges to reduce the sale of sugary drinks subvert better government-led policy options.

Affordable nutrition

Why are sugary drinks still sold in schools?

Health
Providing both pictorial and written symbolism can be helpful for new and young readers to make reading more meaningful. : Nathalie Perroud (International Catholic Migration Commission) from Flickr CC BY-ND 2.0

Too much emphasis on children knowing how to read the words does not make reading meaningful.

Literacy beyond the classroom

Preventing children from becoming parrots as they learn to read

Education
Taking teens out of tradtional spaces can aid in encouraging them to read. : ‘Education project’ by Asian Development Bank available at https://bit.ly/3pUhosl CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

The home and the classroom by themselves often may not offer the best environment for getting adolescents to read.

Literacy beyond the classroom

Cultivating a ‘third space’ to boost teen literacy

Education
More than 100 million Indian children are served lunch at school. : Heather Cowper, Flickr

India’s school meals program is ubiquitous, helping deliver food to millions. It faces threats from multiple angles.

Food in crisis

Protecting the midday meal in India

Health