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Diversity: Brought to you by the letter E: Exposure & Empathy

by Jennifer Kotler Clarke
July 11, 2017

Thanks to the wonderful Dr. Jessica Piotrowski on behalf of the Center for Research on Children, Adolescents, and the Media in Amsterdam as well as Northwestern’s Center for Media &

Developing an Evidence-Based Early Math App

by Tammy Kwan
May 30, 2017

What if there was a better way to introduce math to young kids? For a parent, one of the first math concepts they teach their child is to count to

Families and Pokémon GO

by Kiley Sobel
March 28, 2017

On July 6, 2016, Niantic, Inc. released Pokémon GO, which quickly became one of the most popular mobile game apps in history. In this location-based mobile game, players use the GPS

A STEM Story for Early STEM Learning

by Susan Nall Bales
February 6, 2017

Watch a group of young children in a community garden. They’ll dig in the soil, find and play with earthworms and insects, plant seeds in patches of sunlight, and come

What Toy Makers Are Doing About Gender and Diversity

by Sandhya Nankani
May 10, 2016

Last week, Sandhya Nankani wrote about the White House Conference on gender and diversity in toys. Here she describes the toy industry’s efforts to break down existing stereotypes and create

PEEP: Making Science and Math Fun for Young Learners in Spanish and English

by Jessica Rueter Andrews
April 19, 2016

In many ways, the audience for PEEP and the Big Wide World is what you might expect. Every day, thousands of preschoolers, parents, and educators log on to this award-winning

A Year of Deeper Thinking: Jason Yip On His Cooney Center Fellowship

by Administrator
March 30, 2016

Jason Yip was a Research Fellow here at the Joan Ganz Cooney Center in 2013-14. He is currently a Senior Fellow here as well as an assistant professor at the

A Cooney Center Fellow Reflects on a Dream Come True

by Elisabeth McClure
March 17, 2016

How on earth do I describe a dream come true? How do I explain what brought me here, why I sought out this special place? I’ll start with a quote

Welcome Elisabeth McClure, Cooney Center Research Fellow

by Catherine Jhee
September 30, 2015

We’re pleased to introduce our newest Cooney Center Fellow, Elisabeth McClure. She has just joined us this month from Georgetown University, where she is completing her PhD in Human Development

Four ways to tell if an educational app will actually help your child learn

by Jennifer M. Zosh, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, and Roberta Golinkof
May 7, 2015

Imagine someone telling you that a new technology would be available in five years that has the potential to revolutionise childhood and early education. But the downside is that you

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