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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

Students sit in the library of the university KU Leuven "Katholieke Universiteit Leuven" in Leuven, Belgium, June 8, 2016. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir/File Photo - RTX2G3MN

Lessons from Ben Franklin: Using learning landscapes to rethink modern libraries

Brenna Hassinger-Das, Jennifer M. Zosh, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, and Roberta Michnick Golinkoff

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos addresses Education Department staff on her first day on the job in Washington, U.S., February 8, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RTX306ZX

Why DeVos should embrace early childhood education

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

Thursday, February 9, 2017

Children play on broken slides at a public park in Dharavi, one of Asia's largest slums in Mumbai, India, January 5, 2017. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui - RTX2XN1T

Urban Thinkscape: Using the city as an agent of change

Brenna Hassinger-Das, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, and Roberta Michnick Golinkoff

Thursday, January 5, 2017

Syrian refugee children attend a class inside a makeshift school, supported by UNICEF and in cooperation with the Beyond Association, in Zahle in the Bekaa valley October 22, 2014. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir (LEBANON - Tags: EDUCATION SOCIETY IMMIGRATION CIVIL UNREST POVERTY) - RTR4B6T6

Poor kids learn like rich kids and all the kids in between

Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and Roberta Michnick Golinkoff

Wednesday, November 2, 2016

Children play in a park close to their improvised classrooms, which are part of state school Monsenor Marco Tulio Ramirez Roa, in La Fria, Venezuela, June 1, 2016. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins SEARCH "VENEZUELA SCHOOL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES - RTX2GM1F

Transforming cities into learning landscapes

Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and Roberta Michnick Golinkoff

Wednesday, November 2, 2016

A "Pidgey" Pokemon is seen on the screen of the Pokemon Go mobile app, Nintendo's new scavenger hunt game which utilizes geo-positioning, in a photo illustration taken in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada July 11, 2016.

Pokémon Go: A window into how we might reimagine learning #BecomingBrilliant

Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and Roberta Michnick Golinkoff

Tuesday, July 19, 2016

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Becoming brilliant: Reimagining education for our time

Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and Roberta Michnick Golinkoff

Friday, May 20, 2016

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High quality preschools make good sense (cents): A response to Farran

Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Emily Gustafsson-Wright, Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, W. Steven Barnett, and Renee McAlpin

Friday, March 18, 2016