http://www.aft.org/pubs-reports/american_educator/spring2003/catastrophe.html
The Early Catastrophe
The 30 Million Word Gap by Age 3
Betty Hart and Todd R. Risley
During the 1960’s War on Poverty, we were among the many researchers, psychologists, and educators who brought our knowledge of child development to the front line in an optimistic effort to intervene early to forestall the terrible effects that poverty was having on some children’s academic
growth. We were also among the many who saw that our results, however promising at the start, washed out fairly early and fairly completely as children aged.
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