New PSA urges parents to read to newborns
FOX 47 News 4:13 PM, Mar 4, 2017 LANSING, Mich. (WSYM) A new Public Service Announcement from a non-profit group hopes to get an important message across to new parents. The group "Read Aloud 15
Helping the Poor in Education: The Power of a Simple Nudge
There are enormous inequalities in education in the United States. A child born into a poor family has only a 9 percent chance of getting a college degree, but the odds are 54 percent for a
To Help Language Skills of Children, a Study Finds, Text Their Parents With Tips
A prekindergarten class in San Francisco. A study found preschoolers benefited when their parents received texts with guidance on how to help them. With research showing language gaps between the children of affluent
How About Better Parents?
Thomas L. Friedman NOV. 19, 2011 IN recent years, we’ve been treated to reams of op-ed articles about how we need better teachers in our public schools and, if only the teachers’ unions would go away,
The Power of Talking to Your Baby
APRIL 10, 2013, 3:25 PM By TINA ROSENBERG By the time a poor child is 1 year old, she has most likely already fallen behind middle-class children in her ability to talk, understand and learn. The
Before a Test, a Poverty of Words
PREP Simone Brown helping a student at Intermediate School 292 in Brooklyn prepare for the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test, the subject of a recent lawsuit. By GINIA BELLAFANTE Not too long
Quality of Words, Not Quantity, Is Crucial to Language Skills, Study Finds
By DOUGLAS QUENQUA OCT. 16, 2014 It has been nearly 20 years since a landmark education study found that by age 3, children from low-income families have heard 30 million fewer words than more
Pediatrics Group to Recommend Reading Aloud to Children From Birth
By MOTOKO RICH JUNE 24, 2014 In between dispensing advice on breast-feeding and immunizations, doctors will tell parents to read aloud to their infants from birth, under a new policy that the American Academy of
The Science and Art of Listening
The Science and Art of Listening By SETH S. HOROWITZ By SETH S. HOROWITZ For the New York Times HERE’S a trick question. What do you hear right now? If your home is like mine, you hear
Only in America: Four years into life, poor kids are already an entire year behind
Wealthy parents aren't just able to send their kids to top pre-schools—they can also purchase the latest learning technology and ensure their children experience as many museums, concerts and other cultural experiences as possible. Low-income