It's a wake-up call. That's what we were trying to do. But he added that leaders should be cautious about shaping programs around research that is still emerging. The U.S. Department of Education's National Institute on Early Childhood Development, which is part of the office of educational research and improvement, will hold a small, one-day meeting this month to explore where scientists and educators should go from here. He is involved in organizing the session.
Some educators say they recognize that they are treading on unfamiliar ground.
We don't want to take the information and make recommendations that are so narrow. We don't want to design curriculum around it.