Education and the Brain: A Bridge Too Far John T. Bruer - Fordham ...

Argument is as follows….• Up to age 10, a child's brain containsmore synapses than at any other time intheir lives!• Childhood experiences reinforce andmaintain used synapses while unusedones are snipped away.• Therefore, this period is critical in a child’scognitive development.• “With the right input at the right timealmost anything is possible!”