Originally Posted by ultramarina
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From what I have read - would take time to drag references out - the differences between the 'hurried kids' and the others tend to even out by third grade.

Actually, it's sort of the opposite. A child who is not reading well by 3rd grade is statistically unlikely to ever catch up, and far more likely to drop out of school.

Yes. My understanding is that it is BOTH things.

HeadStart programs barely make a dent in the problem in early childhood, though, so it also seems reasonable to me that school programs to little to budge this later one, too. (Which is what the study referenced in the article also states.)


Schrödinger's cat walks into a bar. And doesn't.