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Brain-Based Learning: Bringing the Science of Learning Into Classrooms

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By Heather Riley, Youki Terada

Years of research prompt a group of scientists to ask whether we should rethink the way we do school.

New research sheds light on the effects that childhood experiences—both good and bad—have on the developing brain. But are schools keeping up?

“The 20th-century education system was never designed with the knowledge of the developing brain,” says Pamela Cantor, MD, who is…

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