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By: MIT Open Learning
The new collaboration, called Reach Every Reader, brings MIT, Harvard, and Florida State University researchers together to work on rigorous scientific approaches to personalized learning for literacy.
By: Peter Dizikes
When and where did humans develop language? To find out, look deep inside caves, suggests MIT professor and linguist Shigeru Miyagawa.
By: Anne Trafton
Study finds engaging young children in conversation is more important for brain development than “dumping words” on them.
By: Anne Trafton
MIT Neuroscientists discover a cellular pathway that encodes memories by strengthening specific synapses.
By: Michael Patrick Rutter
Like learning, teaching requires expertise. Too often faculty are not given the time, opportunity, or right incentives to develop their teaching skills.
By: MIT Open Learning
Funding is available to MIT faculty to support educational innovations in pre-K12, higher education, and workplace learning. 
By: Peter Dizikes
New Institute-wide initiative will advance human and machine intelligence research. MIT will strive to answer the question, "how does human intelligence work?" 
By: Fatima Husain
“We assume people are rational, and we assume people are logical, but they are really not," says MIT's Zhou. 
By: J-PAL North America
Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab initiative aims to help U.S. education leaders identify technology-based solutions to key challenges in education.
By: Anne Trafton
MIT neuroscientists have found evidence that the brain’s ability to control what it’s thinking about relies on low-frequency brain waves known as beta rhythms.