Children from the poorest homes may do worse at school because their parents do not talk to them enough, according to research published today.
A study for the inquiry into primary education led by the Cambridge-based academic Professor Robin Alexander reveals that the average child from a well-off home will have heard 44 million “utterances” by the time they reach the age of four. By contrast, those from the least well-off backgrounds will only have heard 12 million words.
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