Editorial: An early start

Published: Sunday, November 20, 2011 at 6:01 a.m.

It is a paradox of public education that by the time some children get to grade school it is already too late to begin to educate them.

Indeed the more we learn about the development of the human brain the more apparent it is that early childhood education is crucial to instilling lifelong learning habits.

“Brain connections develop especially fast in the first three years of life in response to stimuli, such as someone talking to, singing to, reading to or playing with the infant or toddler,” notes the Education Commission of the States. “children who start behind stay behind.”

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