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More than anything else within the scope of human influence
the future of our families, communities, cultures,
economies, and nations depends on our children's
learning. |
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divinely endowed or evolutionarily differentiated, it is
our capacity for learning that most distinguishes us from
all other forms of life. |
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What aspects of a child's physical, emotional, mental, spiritual,
social, or academic development isn't profoundly shaped
by learning?
How
well children grow through the traumas, challenges and disadvantages
they experience depends on on how well
they learn. How well they rise to
the opportunities and advantages they experience depends on how well
they learn. From their emotional health and maturity to their
mental health and wisdom, their innermost growth and outermost
achievement depends on how well, how healthily, they learn.
"The most precious resource on earth is our
children's capacities for learning."
Learning is not
just the 'utility' through which we acquire knowledge, skills
and experience, it's the process through which we extend
ourselves into our lives in every way.
Exactly. I agree
Dr. Mel
Levine,
author:
A Mind at a Time, The Myth of Laziness and Ready or Not, Here
Life Comes
( context)
Is
there an educational mission that’s more important than stewarding the
health of our children’s learning?
“No, when put that
way."
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Dr.
Grover Whitehurst, Director,
Institute
of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. (context)
It starts with
recognizing the fundamental, profound, and capital value of 'stewarding
the health of our children’s learning.'
I
agree. I think everything points in that direction.
Dr. James Heckman
2000 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
(context)
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