Starting school at a disadvantage: The school readiness of poor children [Executive summary]

Author(s): Isaacs, Julia B.;
Date Issued: March, 2012
Publisher(s): Brookings Institution. Center on Children and Families
Description: A summary of 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
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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: Children & Child Development > Child Characteristics > Socioeconomic Status

Children & Child Development > Child Development & School Readiness

Programs, Interventions & Curricula
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