Educators' latest idea for closing "The Achievement Gap" is "Close the 30 million word gap." To explain, by the time children reach kindergarten, the kids of professional parents have heard an average ...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – When former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced his foundation was awarding $5 million to launch Providence’s high-tech idea to improve the vocabularies of the city’s ...
It's known as the 30 million-word gap. That's how many more vocabulary words children of wealthier parents master by kindergarten, compared to those from lower-income families. Why is that critical?
Two Pittsburgh-area school districts are partnering together to try to close the word gap between low-income and wealthy students. Studies suggest wealthier students hear 30 million more words by age ...
Educators' latest idea for closing "The Achievement Gap" is "Close the 30 million word gap." To explain, by the time children reach kindergarten, the kids of professional parents have heard an average ...
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — It’s known as the 30 million word gap. That’s how many more vocabulary words children of wealthier parents master by kindergarten, compared to those from lower-income families. Why ...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – The much-heralded education program that seeks to increase the amount of words low-income children hear in their first few years of life is set to expand rapidly over the ...
Did you know that kids growing up in poverty hear 30 million fewer words by age 3? Chances are, if you're the type of person who reads a newspaperor listens to NPR, you've heardthat statistic before.