Early Education Can Bring Back The Best Of Ourselves [HuffingtonPost.com]

It’s always a thrill for this former inner city teacher to attend early education conferences. Conversations with early educators bring back memories of the values that inspired me as a young student, and the priciples we in public education celebrated when I entered the classroom.

As usual, the Potts Family Foundation Oklahoma Early Childhood Coalition Business Summitachieved a balance between science-driven, businesslike analyses along with a loving commitment to our children.

The keynote speaker, the University of Wisconsin’s Dipesh Navsaria, explains, “If you don’t invest in the early brain you are saying you don’t think your society has a future.” He also counters one of the saddest misreadings of what it takes for kids to prosper in the 21st century. Our children, says Navsari, “need laps, not apps.”