The blog about Social Issues
A newly released German study sheds some light on how babies learn language. From US News and World Report:
Only days after birth, babies have a bawl with language. Newborn babies cry in melodic patterns that they have heard in adults’ conversations—even while in the womb, say medical anthropologist Kathleen Wermke of the University of [...]
Found via The New York Times: There’s news of the Early Learning Challenge Fund, a new initiative that would send $8 billion dollars over an eight year period to states who improve their programs for early childhood education. This new initiative is part of the higher education funding bill that recently passed through the House [...]
