The video of the  [S&R Foundation] Illuminate Series conversation, “The Adversity Epidemic: Science, Schools, and Social Equity” is available on the Illuminate website, and can be viewed here: http://www.illuminateseries.or...-and-social-equity-0.

Introduction: Human beings are the only mammals on the planet whose thinking, feeling and learning brain develops extensively after birth. Young brains are wired for growth, but their anatomical structure is exquisitely sensitive to experience and context, shaped for good or bad by what children live through and the relationships they form. Adversity matters, and today in high-poverty communities there is an epidemic of adversity. Children often internalize unremitting adversity as chronic stress, which has enormous implications for their health and educational outcomes. Speakers include: Katherine Bradley President, CityBridge Foundation Pamela Cantor, M.D. President and CEO, Turnaround for Children Dwight Davis Assistant Principal, Wheatley Education Campus District of Columbia Public Schools L. Todd Rose Director, Mind, Brain, and Education Program Harvard Graduate School of Education Jim Shelton Chief Impact Officer, 2U, Inc. Sheila Ohlsson Walker, Ph.D. Behavioral Geneticist, Assistant Scientist John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health