Education policy meets neuroscience

Dr. Jack Shonkoff, a pediatrician and Dean at Brandeis University, says you can learn a lot about effective education policy by looking at the human brain and how it works. According to Shonkoff, neuroscience proves that emotional, social and verbal development don't happen independently in the brain; they're all interconnected, hence education reform has to address problems with schools, teachers, parents and communities. He spoke this summer to the Minnesota School Readiness Business Advisory Council, a group of local business leaders working on issues of early childhood development.