Dr. Kurt W. Fischer, Bigelow Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education reflects that we live in an Age of Biology. Because of all the information that is rapidly being discovered about the brain, education is turning to biology for answers on such topics as how to help children read; how to help them retain information; and what kinds of curriculum are aligned to children's brains. In the next several decades, new brain science research will provide that will advance the fields of learning and teaching. 
Advanced scientific and medial technologies such as:
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Advanced scientific and medial technologies such as: Positron Emission Tomography (PET), Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, (MRI), Magnetroen-cephalography (MEG), and Photo-Topography are breaking down the knowledge barrier that has been in existence related to what the brain does and how it does it. Dr. Kobayashi says that “The time has come for us to apply the results of brain science research to improving education as a social technology.”
More educational leaders are reaching an understanding that environmental factors do influence pre and postnatal brain development and that a child’s early experiences play a significant role in their acquisition of learning and education. Two questions are raised by this burst in technology and understanding of brain functioning. The first is, how can parents and teachers put into place appropriate environments and experiences to optimize the growth of all children and, the second is, how can research inform educational leadership and pedagogy - the art and science of instruction?
There have been a number of international efforts to address the issue of educational leadership and pedagogy. One of the most prominent is the establishment of the International Mind, Brain and Education Society (IMBES) whose mission is to facilitate cross-cultural collaboration in biology, education and the cognitive and developmental sciences.
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The foremost goal of the Society is to foster dynamic relations between neuroscience, genetics, cognitive science, development, and education so that each field benefits from and influences work in the others, including questions asked, phenomena addressed, and methods employed.
The Society objectives include:
1. Improving the state of knowledge in and dialogue between education, biology, and the developmental and cognitive sciences.
2. Creating and develop of resources for scientists, practitioners, public policy makers, and the public.
3. Creating and identify useful information, research directions, and promising educational practices.
So what does the formation of a Society like IMBES mean for parents? It means the practice of education is changing and how your children are being taught and what they are being taught is changing or will be changing soon. The change is a movement toward teaching children to engage in integrative thinking and problem solving which means teachers will have to teach students to “think” rather than respond with rote and factual information.
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