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01 Feb

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Harvard Center for the Developing Child
January 22, 2026
We are thrilled to share the news that Stephanie M. Jones, PhD, has been named the next Faculty Director at the Harvard Center on the Developing Child. Dr. Jones is the Gerald S. Lesser Professor of Early Childhood Development at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where she is Director of the EASEL Lab and co-Director of the Saul Zaentz Early Education Initiative. An accomplished researcher, she brings a broad range of relevant...

30 Jan

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The New York Times
By Robert Wachter
January 19, 2026
We physicians have a long tradition of the curbside consult — when we bump into specialists or more seasoned colleagues in the hospital cafeteria and ask for their advice on a vexing clinical case. Over my 35 years of practice, I used to track down other doctors for a couple of curbsides during morning rounds each day. These days, I’m getting far more curbsides, but they are not with colleagues. They’re with A.I. Sometimes...

23 Dec

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Alabama Daily News
By Trisha Powell Crain
December 23, 2025
Alabama could become one of the first states to set statewide standards for screen time for children 5 and younger in publicly funded early learning settings. Rep. Jeana Ross, R-Guntersville, said the bill pre-filed for the upcoming legislative session reflects a priority on how young children learn and grow. “The earliest years of life – from birth to age five – are the most important period of brain development a child will ever experience,” Ross...

22 Dec

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WUNC - North Carolina Public Radio
By Colin Campbell
December 18, 2025
Former North Carolina Gov. Jim Hunt has died. The Wilson County native served the state for four terms as a Democrat, expanding the role of the governor and pushing for major education initiatives. Hunt was 88 years old. Hunt's family members, including his daughter, Lt. Gov. Rachel Hunt, announced his passing Thursday afternoon. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 26, at First Presbyterian Church in Wilson. The...

20 Dec

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Time Magazine
By Dr. Dana Suskind
December 18, 2025
Every week brings new product announcements promising AI-driven companionship for children: Barbies who call you by name, Curio stuffies that propose adventures and imaginary games, chatbots for kids from Meta and xAI. Even Disney recently joined the AI revolution, purchasing a $1 billion stake in OpenAI to bring its beloved characters to Sora. Whether they arrive as disembodied voices, avatars on a screen, or irresistibly plush toys, these products represent a fundamental break from every...

20 Dec

Posted at 22:15h in News, Press, Tomorrow's Hope by

Start Early
By Diana Rauner
December 4, 2025
We are excited to share the Start Early 2025 Year in Review, celebrating a year of growth, innovation and transformative milestones during the last fiscal year (July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025). At Start Early, we strive to ensure that every child has access to high-quality early learning opportunities. This past year has tested the resolve of the early learning field in ways few of us could have predicted. Delayed federal and state funding, regional...

04 Dec

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The Economist
December 4, 2025
CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS may contain more surprises than usual this year, as children open presents that can talk back. Toymakers in China have declared 2025 the year of artificial intelligence (AI) and are producing robots and teddies that can teach, play and tell stories. Older children, meanwhile, are glued to viral AI videos and AI-enhanced games. At school, many are being taught with materials created with tools like ChatGPT. Some are even learning alongside chatbot-tutors. In work and play,...

02 Dec

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NJBIA
December 2, 2025
As artificial intelligence (AI) continues transforming classrooms worldwide, Kean University Professor Jennifer Chen, Ed.D., is leading research into how AI affects young learners ages 3 to 8 and what educators and families need to know to use it ethically, responsibly and effectively. Her latest articles, published in AI Enhanced Learning and Early Childhood Education Journal, explore the complexities of integrating AI into learning environments, finding that while it can enhance students’ learning and comprehension, it also presents ethical...

02 Dec

Posted at 01:46h in News, Press by

Start Early
November 12, 2025
By Diana Rauner
For 25 years, Educare Chicago has set the standard for high-quality early childhood education. What began as one school is now a national network serving thousands of children and families. Start Early celebrates this milestone and the lasting impact of Educare’s model of excellence, innovation and community partnership. Twenty-five years ago, Educare Chicago opened its doors with a simple yet powerful belief: that every child no matter their background or ZIP code deserves access to quality...

15 Nov

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invisiblepeople.tv
By Cynthia Griffith
November 15, 2025
As Artificial Intelligence Accelerates Job Loss and Rental Inflation, Our Most Vulnerable Populations Are Left Grappling with a Widening Economic Chasm Artificial intelligence continues to evolve with little oversight, shifting the tides of poverty and power. We see it in price-setting rent algorithms, pervasive misinformation, mass unemployment fueled by automation, and tech advancements that deepen wealth inequality and entrench dependence on a broken system. Is AI on track to push more of humanity into homelessness by replacing...

08 Nov

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trendwatching.com
November 7, 2025
In the UK, McDonald's has stripped its iconic Happy Meal box back to basics — launching a limited-edition blank design that invites children to draw how they're feeling. Running through mid-November across the UK and Ireland, the initiative will distribute nearly four million white boxes and crayons, transforming a familiar fast-food staple into a creative outlet for emotional expression. Developed in partnership with BBC Children in Need, the campaign responds to research revealing that 42% of children aged 5-10...

28 Oct

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The Atlantic
October 23, 2025
By John McWhorter
My tween-age daughters make me proud in countless ways, but I am still adjusting to the fact that they are not bookworms. I’m pretty sure that two generations ago, they would have been more like I was: always with their nose in some volume, looking up only to cross the street or to guide a fork on their plates. But today, even in our book-crammed home, where their father is often in a cozy reading...

20 Oct

Posted at 21:11h in News, Press by

Brookings
September 19, 2025
By Ellen Roche, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Rachel Romeo, Dana Suskind, and Kris Perry
The human brain is primed for social interaction. In the first few years of life, thousands of daily interactions shape lifelong social and cognitive systems that prepare us to live and work with other humans, and to engage in symbolic thinking through systems like numeracy and language. Decades of developmental cognitive and neuroscience research have made it clear that young humans cannot develop optimally without daily, real-time...

14 Oct

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Project Zero
There are numerous education research entities around the world, but none, to our knowledge, has systematically assessed its long-term effects on education practice. Carried out over three years by Ellen Winner, a long-time senior researcher at Project Zero, Project Zero and its Impact is based on in-depth interviews with over 200 educators—from every continent except Antarctica—many of whom report having been deeply changed in their teaching philosophy and practice by their encounters with PZ. Dive into the report today to...

02 Oct

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Unesco
September 26, 2025
By Howard Gardner and Mara Krechevsky
Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping the way we learn, teach and make sense of the world around us – but it is doing so unequally. While one-third of humanity remains offline, access to the most cutting-edge AI models is reserved for those with subscriptions, infrastructure and linguistic advantage. These disparities not only restrict who can use AI, but also determine which knowledge, values and languages dominate the systems that increasingly influence education. This anthology...

25 Sep

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International Documentary Association
September 24, 2025
Today, the Berkeley Film Foundation (BFF) announces that it has awarded a total of more than $350,000 in its 2025 grant cycle to 29 independent filmmakers, including 5 student filmmakers, who live, work, or attend school in the East Bay cities of Richmond, El Cerrito, Berkeley, Albany, Emeryville, or Oakland. Since its founding in 2009, BFF has awarded almost $3.3 million to 338 film projects that continuously push creative boundaries and inspire change. The amount awarded...

24 Sep

Posted at 21:36h in News, Tomorrow's Hope by

Start Early
September 24, 2025
This year marks 25 years since Start Early’s Educare Chicago program pioneered the promise to transform the lives of families and young children in our most under-served communities through comprehensive, quality early learning and care. To help us celebrate, you’re invited to join us virtually on Friday, October 3 for Educare Chicago’s 25th Anniversary Symposium to reflect on the evolution of early childhood over the last quarter of a century and to explore what’s ahead. In addition...

15 Sep

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NBC News
September 10, 2025
By Adam Edelman
New Mexico will become the first state in the country to begin offering free universal child care, Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced. The move amounts to an expansion of an existing program that went into effect three years ago that has aided thousands of families in the state. “Child care is essential to family stability, workforce participation, and New Mexico’s future prosperity,” Lujan Grisham said in a statement announcing the expanded program Monday. “By investing in...

02 Sep

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Better Magazine
August 4, 2025
By Howard Gardner and Mara Krechevsky
“There is a vast difference between knowing the right thing to do and actually doing the right thing,” Nobel-winning economist Thomas Schelling once said. The evidence is unequivocal: early childhood education is one of the most impactful investments a society can make. Ninety percent of brain development occurs before the age of five, and decades of interdisciplinary research demonstrate the profound, long-term benefits of high-quality early learning — not only for individual children...