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This research goes to the heart of what early primary school educators understand about their students.  This research is very important to understanding what we should be doing with students from these backgrounds.  Standards written with middle class students in mind do not address the reasons why students from poor backgrounds are not learning.

[quote]Poverty may have direct implications for important, early steps in the development of the brain, saddling children of low-income families with slower rates of growth in two key brain structures, according to researchers from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

By age 4, children in families living with incomes under 200 percent of the federal poverty line have less gray matter — brain tissue critical for processing of information and execution of actions — than kids growing up in families with higher incomes.[/quote]

[quote]“When we say enrichment, we’re not talking about flashcards or special software,” says graduate student Jamie Hanson, the study’s lead author. “We’re talking about providing normal interactions: talking to and comforting your child, giving children time to play and explore with you out in a park without stress.”[/quote]

from:  http://www.news.wisc.edu/22393[/quote]

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