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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: Lane3 who wrote (79159)11/17/2003 8:47:35 AM
From: epicure  Read Replies (2) of 82486
 
That's wonderful.
I have a book on how to get struggling students to read, that details the kinds of interactions college educated parents (mostly mothers) have with their children, versus the kind of interaction a high school dropout might have. The children of people with low education hear 1000's fewer words every year, and the variety of the words, as you might expect, is severely limited. Also, the child tends to here commands, as opposed to open ended interaction. Thus when the child begins to learn to read at 5 or 6, he or she is already way behind. Maternal education is the best predictor of a child's future educational attainment, and the above is probably the explanation for this.

I am glad some people are trying to address it, and in such a compassionate and pleasant way. I can only hope we see much much more of this type of thing.
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