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Direct linkIsaacs, Julia B. – Center on Children and Families at Brookings, 2012
Poor children in the United States start school at a disadvantage in terms of their early skills, behaviors, and health. Fewer than half (48 percent) of poor children are ready for school at age five, compared to 75 percent of children from families with moderate and high income, a 27 percentage point gap. This paper examines the reasons why poor…
Descriptors: Body Weight, School Readiness, Poverty, Mothers
