In 2025, the Institute of Child Development (ICD) celebrates its Centennial—a century of leading the field of developmental science and advancing discoveries that have improved children’s wellbeing across the world.
We’re all familiar with stories focused on overcoming adversity. Movies, books, and even LinkedIn posts frequently narrate how an individual beat the odds to win the big game, leave a troubled relationship, or start a business.
Many people take for granted how easily they navigate money and financial systems. However, for countless individuals, particularly immigrants and refugees, financial struggles stem not from a lack of personal responsibility...
On May 24, 2023, Governor Tim Walz signed the Minnesota Reading to Ensure Academic Development (READ) Act into law. Its ambitious goal is to have every child reading at or above grade level every year.
Most of the time when we think of a milestone, we view it as the completion of a task or reaching a desired point. And as we celebrate that achievement, we often overlook that a milestone is not the destination.
Center for Early Education and Development leads effort to update Minnesota’s learning guidelines for young children
Every state has its own early learning guidelines for preschoolers and most have early learning guidelines for infants and toddlers.
Norwood Glaspie has always been curious about how children acquire and process information, how they learn from their social environments, and how social and cognitive factors interact in shaping their development.
Black Men Teach and the University of Minnesota's College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) aim to make Minnesota schools more reflective of their students.
Black Men Teach and the University of Minnesota's College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) aim to make Minnesota schools more reflective of their students.
