Books as good as school
2010-07-15 17:39:55.108616+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
Giving low-income kids free books is the equivalent of providing them with summer school:
“The effect was equal to the effect of summer school,” Professor Allington says. “Spending roughly $40 to $50 a year on free books for [each kid] began to alleviate the achievement gap that occurs in the summer.”