Booz Allen, Kaggle, PBS KIDS Aim to Advance Early Education with Data Science

In partnership with PBS KIDS, this year's competition will look at advancements in early childhood education. The results will lead to better designed games and improved learning outcomes, empowering children, parents, caregivers, and educators across the globe with insights into how young children learn through media and which approaches work best to help them build on foundational learning skills. The 90-day Data Science Bowl competition will award winning participants with a share of $160,000 in cash prizes. Research shows much of the most critical brain development in children takes place before they even reach kindergarten. Child development experts indicate it is during these first 5 years that children develop linguistic, cognitive, social, emotional, and regulatory skills that predict their later functioning in many domains.