“The word gap,” (Hart & Risley, 1995) or the difference in the number of words a children of different economic statuses are exposed to at an early age, has been a point of reference for early childhood educators and parents for more than two decades. As families and schools try to close the gap between lower-income families and those of more affluent backgrounds, NPR’s Code Switch team looks at how “the word gap” research fairs today, and how it connects to race.
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Shawntai G. Brown 
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