Please see the recent articles below for more information about the achievement gap between low and high-income children and how early literacy and shared reading experiences can reverse current trends:

Kindergarten Is Too Late – Huffington Post

Do We Invest in Preschools or Prisons – New York Times

Understanding the Language Gap – The Boston Globe

Language-Gap Study Bolsters a Push for Pre-K – New York Times

Closing the ‘Word Gap’ – Hillary Clinton, Too Small To Fail

Access to Preschool Won’t End the Literacy Problem in America – US News and World Report

Language gap between rich and poor begins in infancy – Stanford Report