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Lawrence Aber

Lawrence Aber is professor of applied psychology and public policy at New York University and board chair of its new Institute on Human Development and Social Change.

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Changing the Climate on Early Childhood

The science of early childhood development is as persuasive as the science of global climate change. Today, both challenges urgently call for a transformative politics.

Lawrence AberNov 18, 2007

In certain respects, the threat of lost human potential and the science of early childhood development are much like the threat of global warming and the science of climate change. Can the human development movement take a few useful lessons from the global warming movement? Can we more effectively engage science to advance a progressive politics of early childhood development?