When University of Maryland Associate Professor Geetha Ramani and her colleagues visit early learning classrooms, they’re known as the “game people.” Ramani’s research shows not only the importance of teaching math skills, but also the effectiveness of what might seem like an obvious tactic: Make it fun.
Did you hear the one about the marine biologist who walked into a neuroscience lab? The University of Washington’s Institute...
I was a sheriff for 22 years. What I learned the most is that we must be proactive instead of reactive. Bettering our communities starts with taking care of our children.
Building Young Brains When Schools Are Closed, Part 2: Online Tips and Activities
Our Top Tips for Parents and Caregivers
This is part 2 of a a three-part series. Read Part 1 (Offline Activities) and Part 3 (Outdoor Tips). How...
What do you do when a preschooler throws a desk? For Carol Barton, project director of Early Childhood Education in...
The Founding Fathers built competition among the states into our system of government. With 50-plus laboratories for democracy, we’re bound...
Though family and faith are at the core of traditional Latino culture, and strong support for education is a powerful...
Tennessee on Track to Become First in Nation to Offer Diaper Benefit to Medicaid Families
Good, Say Medicaid Expansion Advocates, But More Work Is Needed
Some of Tennessee’s most vulnerable families could soon get relief from the high cost of diapers, as the state works...
Building Young Brains When Schools Are Closed, Part 3: Outdoor Tips and Activities
Our Top Tips for Parents and Caregivers
This is part 3 of a a three-part series. Read Part 1 (Offline Activities) and Part 2 (Online Tips). In...
What would happen if we prioritized children’s potential? That’s the question implicitly asked and explicitly answered in the recent paper...
First Book, a nonprofit social enterprise focused on furthering educational equity for children ages 0-18 who are growing up in...
According to NYU University Professor Lawrence Aber, poverty and violence are the two most toxic challenges for child development – areas he has researched from the U.S. to Africa and the Middle East. Regardless of location, children can experience poverty and violence in difference ways and levels. Aber explains the research, tools and tactics required to give children the best opportunities for successful development. Filmed for Early Learning Nation’s Mobile Studio at the Society for Research in Child Development’s biennial meeting in Baltimore, MD, on March 22, 2019. #SRCD19
