Play on the Brain

Over at The Brilliant Blog, where journalist Annie Murphy Paul writes about how we learn, she zeroes in on a recent bit of legislative activity in New Jersey. Apparently, the Senate’s Education Committee has approved a bill, sponsored by State Senator Shirley K. Turner, which mandates a minimum of 20 minutes a day of recess [... click post title to read more ...]


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Paid Family Leave: A Work Unfinished

I recently talked with Charles Bruner, Executive Director of the Early Childhood Policy Center in Des Moines, Iowa, a former state legislator, and one of the architects of the B.U.I.L.D. initiative, which mentors states in their efforts to design and implement comprehensive early learning systems that best serve the needs of young children and families.

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