Early learning (IMAGE)

Virginia Tech

Early learning

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A teacher guides a student through a task in this historical photo of the Abecedarian Project, an early education, randomized controlled trial that began at the University of North Carolina and has followed the participants since 1971. Now, Virginia Tech researchers including Craig Ramey, Sharon Landesman Ramey, and Read Montague have revealed discoveries about the lasting effects of that early education on brain structure.

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