Well-Funded Anti-Poverty Programs Protect Kids' Brains
Poverty has an adverse effect on the developing brains of kids. This study found less of an impact on kids who live in states with generous anti-poverty programs.
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Poverty has an adverse effect on the developing brains of kids. This study found less of an impact on kids who live in states with generous anti-poverty programs.
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A grant-funded project at Southern Illinois University Carbondale aims to draw on children’s natural curiosity while addressing the teacher shortage for the youngest learners.
Children learn and express themselves in myriad ways, but traditional education often stifles them, according to education professors at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. A grant-funded project at SIU aims to draw on children’s natural curiosity while addressing the teacher shortage for the youngest learners.
The impact that socioeconomic inequities can have on a child’s hippocampal volume may have implications for their success and experience pursuing educational endeavors.