Football for Schools (F4S) is an ambitious program run by FIFA, in collaboration with UNESCO, which aims to contribute to the education, development, and empowerment of approximately 700 million children around the world. It seeks to make football more accessible to both boys and girls by incorporating football activities into the education system, in partnership with relevant authorities and stakeholders.
Marathon Kids is a nonprofit organization with a program designed to combat youth inactivity by encouraging children to engage in regular physical activity through running.
Outdoor learning provides positive, healthy, and effective learning opportunities, improving the physical, emotional, and mental health of educators and learners alike. Outdoor learning also addresses key social and environmental issues, such as the climate crisis, the rapid loss of biodiversity, nature-deficit disorder, and the obesity epidemic.
Outdoor learning is increasingly being adopted to provide positive, healthful, and effective learning opportunities, improving the physical, emotional, and mental health of educators and learners alike. Outdoor learning also addresses other key social and environmental issues, such as the climate crisis, the rapid loss of biodiversity, nature-deficit disorder, and the obesity epidemic.
Through the Whole Foods Market Foundation’s Garden Grant program, schools can turn outdoor spaces into powerful hands-on learning gardens that connect children with food, spark their curiosity, and support classroom curriculum.
The mission of the National Youth Foundation (NYF)—founded and led by three Black women and a Black teen with a vision for change—is to promote diversity, inclusion, and gender equality through innovative literacy programs.
Every student has the potential to succeed, but many feel disconnected from their learning. This disconnect shows up in many of the challenges we see in today’s schools: chronic absenteeism, lower engagement, growing mental health concerns, and a lack of preparedness for college, career, and life.
Rhymes with Reason helps students boost reading skills and learn important English words by showcasing their existence in widely known music lyrics. Students learn words through favorite songs with the help of skill-building mini games.
The US Forest Service offers a variety of science education materials for prekindergarten through grade 12. Among the offerings are Natural Inquirer, a free science education journal written for middle school and high school students, and NSI: Nature Science Investigator, a free self-guided activity book designed for youth aged 8–14.
An initiative of Purdue University’s College of Agriculture, The Nature of Teaching offers formal standards-based curricula and an informal activity-based curriculum—all centered around getting youth outside.