Monday, January 28, 2013
A Wealth of Words
There’s a positive correlation between a student’s vocabulary and the likelihood he'll graduate from college and his future income, Prof. E.D Hirsch, Jr. notes in a recent commentary. Vocabulary is a
relevant proxy for a range of educational attainments ― not just skill in reading, writing, listening, and speaking,
but knowledge of science, history, and the arts. “If we want
to reduce economic inequality,” he concludes, “a good place to start is the
language-arts classroom.” A Wealth of Words
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E.D. Hirsch Jr,
education,
income,
vocabulary,
words
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