The shrinking gap between poor and wealthy kindergarteners

A new study shows that, in spite of the recession, the gap between how well-prepared poor and wealthy children are for kindergarten is shrinking.

The good news is, it’s not because wealthy children are less-prepared. Both poor and wealthy children are actually more prepared for kindergarten, as of 2010, than they were in 1998. The shrinking gap comes from improvements among poor students, who are improving their readiness faster than wealthy students are.