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On the recordSeptember 14, 1999
The new science shows that brain development determining lifelong learning begins much earlier in infants and children than was previously believed.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Discussing the importance of early childhood education and brain development.

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