Kathy Hirsh-Pasek

A Syrian refugee girl who was briefly separated from her parents cries as she walks through a rainstorm towards Greece's border with Macedonia, near the Greek village of Idomeni, September 10, 2015. Thousands of refugees and migrants, including many families with young children, have been left soaked after spending the night sleeping in the open in torrential rain on the Greek-Macedonian border. About 7,000 people waited in the mud of an open field near the northern Greek village of Idomeni to cross the border, with more arriving in trains, buses and taxis, as Macedonian police has imposed rationing in the flow of refugees. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis - S1BEUGOKOIAA

The enormous cost of toxic stress: Repairing damage to refugee and separated children

Kathy Hirsh-Pasek

Monday, July 9, 2018

Students use computers in the technology lab at the Headstart private school in Pakistan

The New Humanism: Technology should enhance, not replace, human interactions

Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Molly Schlesinger, Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, and Esther Care

Monday, June 11, 2018

A four year-old boy plays with building blocks

Learning about learning: Meaning matters

Andres S. Bustamante and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek

Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Clorissa Jones sits with her six month-old son Braxton

Talking with children matters: Defending the 30 million word gap

Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Erika Hoff, Meredith Rowe, Catherine Tamis-LeMonda, and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek

Monday, May 21, 2018

A child uses a tablet

Meet executive function: How to learn in the age of information overload

Claire E. Cameron, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, and Helyn Kim

Thursday, March 1, 2018

Mia Moscoso plays on a slide at Riverside Park, which is located on land that had been filled with abandoned mills and decrepit buildings, in the Olneyville neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island March 20, 2014. Public pressure, federal funding, data-driven policing and greater community organization are all prompting more experimentation around the U.S. with new ways to get at the roots of urban poverty and crime. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY REAL ESTATE) - GM1EA8U0XP801

Funding childhood poverty programs is key to social mobility

Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Andres S. Bustamante, and Roberta Michnick Golinkoff

Thursday, December 28, 2017

Lindzy Earp (2nd R), 10, plays in the playground at Hope Gardens Family Center, a shelter for homeless women and children, run by Union Rescue Mission on 77 acres (0.31 square km) of countryside away from Skid Row, on the outskirts of Los Angeles, California January 25, 2012. One in 45 children, totalling 1.6 million, is homeless, the highest number in United States' history, according to a 2011 study by the National Center on Family Homelessness. California is ranked the fifth highest state in the nation for its percentage of homeless children. Picture taken January 25, 2012. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - GM1E81Q1ADI01

Chemical warfare on children’s brains: Where environmental toxins meet education

Virginia Rauh and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek

Monday, November 13, 2017

Katy Yeager Gooding plays with her baby.

Brain matter matters: Should we intervene well before preschool?

Sarah Paterson, Andres S. Bustamante, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, and Roberta Michnick Golinkoff

Monday, August 21, 2017

Head Start

The premature death of the whole-child approach in preschool

Andres S. Bustamante, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, and Roberta Michnick Golinkoff

Thursday, June 8, 2017

A teacher leads a singing session during a specialized class preparing toddlers for kindergarten interviews in Hong Kong, China May 17, 2015. Parents believe that getting a place in a good kindergarten will help them secure a spot in a good primary and secondary school and pave the way for a good start in life. With the competition being so fierce, sought-after kindergartens can be selective about who they let in. Pre-kindergarten interview courses train them to be disciplined, responsive and polite through games, music and dance. They also offer one-on-one mock interview sessions. Picture taken May 17, 2015. REUTERS/Bobby Yip - RTX1E7OD

Realizing the promise of high quality early childhood education

Andres S. Bustamante, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Deborah Lowe Vandell, and Roberta Michnick Golinkoff

Monday, March 27, 2017