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Direct linkHirsh-Pasek, Kathy; Alper, Rebecca; Golinkoff, Roberta Michnick – Grantee Submission, 2018
In 1995 scientists, educators, and policymakers were startled by the claim that low-income children in the United States heard 30 million fewer words than their middle-income peers. Because language is the single best predictor of later academic readiness, this gap can have consequences for children in school and beyond. Language researchers know…
Descriptors: Low Income Students, Language Acquisition, Vocabulary Development, Achievement Gap
