The deficiencies that many children experience from birth to school age--in health care, nutrition, emotional support, and intellectual stimulation, for example--play a major role in academic achievement gaps that persist for years, as well as in behavior and other problems. There are many intervention programs designed to strengthen families, provide disadvantaged children with the critical elements of healthy development, and prevent adverse experiences that can have lasting negative effects.
In a climate of economic uncertainty and tight budgets, hard evidence not only that such...
The deficiencies that many children experience from birth to school age--in health care, nutrition, emotional support, and intellectual stimulation...