LENA technology is helping researchers and low-income parents better understand how adult-child conversation affects language and literacy.Recent efforts to reduce the “word gap” between affluent and low-income families in Providence,
Can text messages to low-income parents help close the word gap? It’s not an idle question. Last month, the advocacy group Too Small to Fail announced plans to experiment with text
When Alexiss Evans enrolled in the Ounce of Prevention Fund’s Parent University literacy program, she did so because she believed in the organization and because she wanted to give her daughter
It works with diabetes patients, smokers trying to quit, and others: a text message reminding you to take your medication or resist the urge to light up. There’s even a
The pediatrician’s office is becoming a new player in helping children learn foundational skills for communication, language development, and eventually reading.But a project in New York is taking this concept