Starting school at a disadvantage: The school readiness of poor children

Description:

An examination of the school readiness gap between children from poor and affluent families and its possible explanations, and a simulation of three interventions to improve school readiness, based on data from the nationally representative Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort

Resource Type:

Reports & Papers

Author(s):

Isaacs Julia B.

Publisher(s):

Brookings Institution. Center on Children and Families

Country:

United States

Date Issued:

March, 2012

Source:

Washington, DC: Brookings Institution, Center on Children and Families. Retrieved March 26, 2012, from http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/papers/2012/0319_school_disadvantage_isaacs/0319_school_disadvantage_isaacs.pdf

Topics:

6. Programs, Interventions & Curricula

1. Children & Child Development > 1.2. Child Development & School Readiness

1. Children & Child Development > 1.1. Child Characteristics > 1.1.4. Socioeconomic Status

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