The Learning Sciences Exchange Summit tackles research communication gap

Helping parents, caregivers, and early educators gain access to groundbreaking developments in early learning research has the potential to transform how children learn in the early years and beyond. It was clearer than ever at New America’s Learning Sciences Exchange Summit on August 26 that it takes a special kind of communicative approach to ensure that scientific messages resonate with the public.

After two years of cross-collaboration, the inaugural class of 12 Learning Sciences Exchange fellows, spanning two continents and four disciplines—early learning research, journalism, entertainment, and policy—presented their culminating projects via a webinar hosted by New America in conjunction with the Jacobs Foundation and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek of Temple University and Roberta Golinkoff of the University of Delaware.

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