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At a time when many four-year colleges are pushing students to declare a major and get onto a career track, a few others are saying, “Wait, what’s the hurry?” We take a look at the tensions behind this trend, a true dividing point in how we think about what U.S. higher education is all about.
 
On the K-12 level, we are thinking about how climbing Covid-19 numbers will affect what happens this fall, while keeping an eye on the many difficulties the pandemic has already created for parents – especially those whose children have disabilities and medical conditions that make classroom learning precarious.
 
As for the littlest learners, we’re looking at why cash transfer programs without conditions attached can be life changing, and we also share the latest research on ways to stimulate baby’s language development – while they crawl. As always, we love to hear what our readers are thinking about our stories and about education. We welcome your ideas.

Liz Willen, Editor

P.S. The newsletter will be taking a break next week. I will see you again Aug. 10. 
Main Idea 

Some colleges ease up on pushing undergrads into picking majors right away

The idea bucks the trend of putting students on the fast track to careers.

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PROOF POINTS: A study suggests an instructive way to talk to little crawlers

Paying close attention to objects that capture your baby’s attention might stimulate language development.


Research shows cash programs with no strings attached are better for supporting families

Cash transfer programs for families with children can have a profound impact on health and development.
 

OPINION: How best do we teach kids about Holocaust horrors? Show them what it was like

Virtual reality creates hands-on experiences that engage and inform students in new ways.
 

In one house, two brothers with disabilities had opposite pandemic experiences

One fell behind. One leaped ahead. (This essay was also translated into Spanish.)
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