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>Any kid with a family that can afford books will score higher on "can this kid read English". I don't think this is true. Those who can't afford books can got
by lonnyk 14y ago
>Any kid with a family that can afford books will score higher on "can this kid read English".
I don't think this is true. Those who can't afford books can goto the public library and get them.
- danielweber 14y agoPlus, books are really really really cheap. Go to any Goodwill or Salvation Army or Once Upon A Child and you will find gobs and gobs of books at very cheap prices. Yes, even undamaged. We toss lots of books in the trash in America, not because we hate books, but because we make so many of them and then need to make room for the new books. "Able to afford books" was once a status symbol. It's not any more. See also: http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2011/10/12/141265066/hard-choices-do-libraries-really-destroy-books http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2011/10/12/141265066/hard...
- infinite8s 14y agoThis was more a correlation than causation (see Freakonomics for a description). Typically, families that can't afford books have other general issues that preclude their children from doing well (for example, they are poor, their parents typically work more than 1 job and can't spend much time with their children, etc).