News

Study links piano education with better word discrimination by kindergartners. Many studies have shown that musical training can enhance language skills. However, it was unknown whether music lessons improve general [...]

Boston public school teacher Colleen Labbe believes that the brain of a struggling child can change in response to the right interventions. “There’s a slogan in education,” says McGovern Investigator John Gabrieli. [...]

Reach Every Reader aims to end early literacy crisis. Today, MIT’s Integrated Learning Initiative (MITili), Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE), and Florida State University (FSU) announced a [...]

Study finds engaging young children in conversation is more important for brain development than “dumping words” on them. A landmark 1995 study found that children from higher-income families hear about 30 million [...]

Dyslexic children from lower-income families benefit more from summer reading intervention. About 20 percent of children in the United States have difficulty learning to read, and educators have devised a variety of [...]

Study suggests reduced plasticity could account for reading difficulties. A distinctive neural signature found in the brains of people with dyslexia may explain why these individuals have difficulty learning to [...]

Two new initiatives take an in-depth look at learning. To improve education — whether pK-12, college, professional training, or online courses — one must first gain an understanding of how people learn. Applying [...]

MIT senior studies cognitive science and medicine from the vantage point of a person with dyslexia. Born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, Lauren Uhr came to MIT for the research. Her first introduction to the [...]

More than 200 members of the scientific community sign a letter supporting the late MIT neuroscientist; department head issues a statement. On August 7, 2016, the New York Times Magazine published “The Brain That [...]

Prestigious honor society announces 213 new members this year. Six MIT faculty members and the chair of the MIT Corporation are among 213 leaders from academia, business, public affairs, the humanities, and the arts [...]