Monday, 24 May 2010

Want Smart Kids? Here's What to Do

Buy a lot of books.

That seems kind of obvious, right? But what's surprising, according to a new study published in the journal Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, is just how strong the correlation is between a child's academic achievement and the number of books his or her parents own. It's even more important than whether the parents went to college or hold white-collar jobs.

Books matter. A lot.

http://chronicle.com/blogPost/Want-Smart-Kids-Heres-What/24200/

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