Rethinking the “word gap”: What parents really need
Could the “word gap” be more myth than fact? Or is it a useful tool for understanding inequality in early childhood?
On this episode of School’s In, Stanford Assistant Professor Monica Ellwood-Lowe joins the show to unpack one of the most cited – and most debated – ideas in early childhood development: the so-called “word gap,” or idea that children from lower-income families hear fewer words than those from more affluent homes. She explains what the latest research says about the quantity and quality of early language exposure, the effects of structural and economic inequities on parental…
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