💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: A #UMass #Amherst #study tracked 379 preschoolers and found that irregular bedtimes predicted lower #vocabulary and #memory scores, even after accounting for total sleep. 😴

#Children’s #sleep timing fluctuated by about 60 minutes on average. Surprisingly, attention was unaffected, suggesting irregular sleep hits specific #brain functions rather than everything at once. 🧠

👉 https://neurosciencenews.com/irregular-sleep-memory-learning-30818/

#preschool #childdevelopment #neuroscience #parenting #education #pediatrics #health #actigraphy

#HampshireCollege, a small #LiberalArts #school in Western #Massachusetts, will close permanently after the fall semester.

#Hampshire, in #Amherst, MA, joins an epidemic of #college closures over the past two decades. More than 300 US #colleges & #universities closed from 2008 to 2024, acc/to an analysis by The Hechinger Report.

#education #HigherEducation #academia #economy #funding
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/us/hampshire-college-closing-amherst-massachusetts-enrollment.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share