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Recent polling shows more than 90% of Australian parents think their kids’ screen time is a problem.
Kindergartners who are relatively younger than their classroom peers are at risk for doing less well in school. A clinical psychologist explains how to reduce those problems.
Research confirms that a focus on restoring the well-being of educators is vital to deliver the gains promised by huge new investments in early childhood learning and care.
Black children are prone to internalize messages of anti-Blackness. Can a Black doll that honors one of America’s most noteworthy Black women do anything to reverse the trend?
A chasm has opened up between early childhood learning and the first years of compulsory schooling. Kids go from playing to being tested in the blink of an eye, and their learning is poorer for it.
A large study shows preschool benefits Aboriginal children’s development more than childcare or being taken care of at home. But the benefits of preschool are not as large as for non-Aboriginal kids.
Adverse childhood events can not only cause lasting psychological effects but also learning problems. That, in turn, worsens health outcomes, as literacy is an integral part of health care.
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Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, Australian National University
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Professor of Economics and Public Policy, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
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Professor, Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland
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Senior Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Dean, Medical School, Curtin University
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Associate Professor, School of Public Health, Georgia State University
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Research Fellow, UNSW Sydney
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Senior lecturer, UNSW Sydney
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Lecturer in Psychology, Swansea University
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Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, Texas A&M University-Commerce
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Senior Lecturer in Linguistics (Bilingualism), Bangor University
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Early Childhood and Primary Course Coordinator and Language and Literacy Lecturer, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Psychology, Florida International University
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Research Fellow, Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland
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Research Fellow in Statistics and Developmental Psychology, The University of Queensland
