
High-Quality Early Learning Necessary for All
Last week, I met with the manager of operations and the communications coordinator for the Rhode Island Association for the Education of...

How Poverty Impacts Brain Development and Learning
A new research study published in Nature Neuroscience shows that children who live in poverty actually have smaller brains than their...

Making a Commitment to Rhode Island's Children
Last week, the 2015 Rhode Island Kids Count Factbook was presented to a room filled with health care and education professionals, policy...

Funding in Danger for Home Visiting Parent Education Programs
Over the next forty-five days, Congress will decide the fate of an innovative, research-backed program that most of us have never even...
Schools that Harness the Power of Nature
Last month I found inspiration for this post in an unlikely place: the December issue of Vogue magazine. The article was called “Natural...
Could Text Messaging Make Us Better Parents?
If you received a text message reminding you to read to your baby or suggesting a game to play with your toddler, might it help to better...
Pediatricians’ Group Finally Jumps on Early Literacy Bandwagon
For the first time, the American Academy of Pediatrics (representing 62,000 doctors nationwide) is recommending that parents read to...