Wednesday, December 31, 2014

The biggest takeaway from chapter three was that the younger a child is when we start working with them, the more valuable it may be for them as they get older.  As was stated in the book, "Studies have shown that educational intervention has the potential to narrow or eliminate the socioeconomic performance gap, showing sustained and cost-effective results.  This is a very powerful statement, and sums up everything that the chapter is about.  There is data provided in this chapter that shows children that have been given an opportunity to attend early education classes are more likely to improve reading, verbal, writing and tutoring skills, this may be done by retraining the brain.

I agree with much of the information provided in this chapter, I also feel that if a child comes from poverty they are still able to make something of themselves, if they are given opportunities to get an education at an early age.