New evidence on brain development during a child’s early years makes it clear that early childhood should be a focus of increased policy attention. We now know that the basic architecture of the brain is constructed through an ongoing process that might be compared to the construction of a home: Beginning before birth, the brain’s […]
Greg Duncan
Greg J. Duncan is the Edwina S. Tarry Professor, School of Education and Social Policy, and a Faculty Fellow at Northwestern University’s Institute for Policy Research. Further information is available at www.developingchild.net.


