Language-gap study bolsters a push for pre-k

    After you read the article entitled “Language-Gap Study Bolsters a Push for Pre-K”, posted on Blackboard, write a summary (of 225-250 words maximum) stating, in your own words, why children from affluent families have heard 30 million more words by age 3 than children from low-income families and why the gap gets bigger and bigger as children get older. Is it important to close this gap, according to the article? Why or why not? What should families and the government do in order to close this gap? Please summarize the information presented in the article; if you wish to express your opinion, please do so in a concluding sentence.