The International Mind, Brain, and Education Society has

of the diverse disciplines that investigate human learning and development — to bring together education, biology, and cog-nitive science to form the new fi eld of mind, brain, and educa-tion. Human beings are unique in their ability to learn through schooling and diverse kinds of cultural instruction. Education plays a key role in cultural transformations: It allows mem-bers of a society, the young in particular, to effi ciently acquire an ever-evolving body of knowledge and skills that took thou-sands of years to invent. It is time for education, biology, and cognitive science to join together to create a new science and practice of learning and development. The remarkable new tools of biology and cognitive science open vast possibilities for this emerging fi eld. The discovery of powerful brain-imaging tools; the remarkable, burgeoning discoveries that are transforming genetics; and the growin