[Lmresearch] New Education Sector brief--Million Dollar Babies: Why Infants Can't be Hardwired for Success

[Russell W. Rumberger]

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           Million Dollar Babies: Why Infants Can't be Hardwired for Success
            By Sara Mead 

            Following conventional wisdom that the first three years of life are the most important for children's development, parents are spending millions of dollars each year supporting a booming baby toy industry and other products and services aimed at unleashing a baby's inner genius. As well, state and federal governments have poured millions of dollars into programs focused on the first three years. 


            But much of this conventional wisdom is based on misinterpretations and misapplications of brain research. In a this brief, the author explains what existing evidence really does-and does not-say about brain development from ages zero to three, points out some of the problems caused by the overselling of the importance of the first three years, and argues for a more reasoned approach to early childhood development

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