Rights-Centric Education

Overhauling educational practice to respect, protect and fulfil the Rights of the Child

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Every educator (esp. in schools/home edu) seeking to uphold Children's Rights in their practice is invited to join
Details in recording or https://t.co/LhqUupKccQ

Early-adopters can participate in finalising the operational details in December, so we hope to see you onboard soon

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The RCE Quality Assurance System (QAS) was inaugurated on Nov 20th (the 36th Anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child) as a civil society-led implementation of a proposal from the World Programme for Human Rights Education.

https://t.co/kGpJ7tCmxc

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The RCE Quality Assurance System launches on the 20th of November - if you are on the fence about being an early adopter, maybe this video will answer your questions:

https://t.co/DmiBHCOIzR

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He argued that this would improve acceptance of Democratic Schools and help spread democratic practices to all schools, and proposed to revive a presently dormant proposal approved by the United General Assembly for a rights-centric "Quality Assurance System".

What do you think?

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At the International Democratic Education Conference 2025 in Belgium last month, @sifaan's keynote on "Mainstreaming Democratic Education" made the case for Democratic Schools to explicitly describe their practices in terms of Human Rights / Child Rights.
https://t.co/xNLOp63oOW

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...the Making Change Stick program is for you.
It's a specially curated 5-week program starting April 22nd. For registration and more information, visit https://t.co/xitIpQO6Bn

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If you support the concept of Rights-Centric Education because it resonates with you, but you are uncertain about what action you can take to advance it (e.g. "How can the RCE Network support my work?", "How can I support the work done by others in the RCE Network?") then...

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Best wishes to all for the holidays and a Happy New Year!

In 2025, the RCE Network will be hosting several events at the Learning Planet Festival to help pull education into alignment with the evolution of human rights.

Please join us! Details at https://t.co/fRtyNlGhUd

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We hosted a launch session at the INSPIRE Education Summit today, the 35th anniversary of the UNCRC, and the recording will be published next week.

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The Declaration of Child Rights-Centric Education is now launched!

You can read and sign it at https://t.co/DwRqm3yJd7. The essence of it is that if anything in education is inconsistent with human rights, and especially child rights, then we have to prioritise human rights.

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schooling + the majority of private schooling & home education)
How do we know this?
Because mainstream ed (including most “alternative” ed) is based on the patronizing idea that someone other than the child knows best how the education of the child should be organized

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This is from the Guidance Note of the UN Secretary General on Child Rights Mainstreaming (July 2023)

Of all the places where children are reduced to “objects of adults’ goodwill; mere recipients of services” by far the most commonplace is mainstream education (public compulsory

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Is it time for a "Reformation" in education?
What is the "scripture" we could be guided by?

https://t.co/bdALcNXmMq

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Sifaan pays tribute to Janusz Korczak, whose work influenced the creation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, highlighting the importance of Child Rights being respected in education.

https://t.co/CIGGXelCsp

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If you are interested to join as a Founding Member, please see https://t.co/baacNH6r6c

For other ways to support Rights-Centric Education (staying in touch, introducing us to others, etc) please see https://t.co/bqZpZhPHHH

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"Children do not lose their human rights by virtue of passing through the school gates"
The UN asserted this in 2001 because while much has been said and done to advance Children's Rights TO Education, Children's Rights were not being upheld IN Education.
https://t.co/yG3ihKnJNl

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This is not a new development (although in many countries it has unfortunately got worse despite that assertion) - and to address that, we have to understand its history.

To learn more, and perhaps be a part of the civil society initiative "Rights-Centric Education", check out ^

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Applications such as these can help Children, and those defending their Rights, to overhaul educational practice to support the realisation of Child Rights.

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https://t.co/rVlFYjianP

Team @KinderRepublic (+ a member from Riverstone Village in ZA joining virtually) pitching an AI app to evaluate educational practice against the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) at #AI #Hackathon by @ai_colombo with @mindstudioai on 5/17

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The platform allowed to quickly build a #nocode AI App to evaluate practices e.g. punishing children for not doing homework, scaring children who are refusing school, banning children from using smart devices etc. against the CRC and cite specific articles in the response.