Exciting news! The University of Washington’s Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences (I-LABS) is now home to the most advanced magnetoencephalography (or MEG) brain imaging device in the world. The MEG will allow scientists like Dr. Patricia Kuhl and Dr. Andrew Meltzoff to explore new discoveries in the area of neurological studies of young children. Through the use of the MEG, scientists will be able to safely map the minds of infants and young children as they see, learn, feel, and experience…

Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn is hosting a series of community meetings to gather input on the “Youth and Families Initiative“, which will guide the City of Seattle’s support for children, youth and families, and inform efforts to renew the Families and Education Levy in Fall 2011.

So far, most of the conversation at the meetings has been focused on school-age youth, with less heard from voices carrying the message that early childhood is a critical time to focus on if the goal is the…